Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1909		Born
4 Jul 1937	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
12 Feb 1948	38.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria
12 Feb 1948	38.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tiddi
25 Apr 1948	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tiddi
18 Apr 1950	40.8	Appointed	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria
25 Jun 1970	61.0	Resigned	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria
25 Jun 1970	61.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae
10 Aug 1976	67.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae
8 Dec 1990	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Joseph Brendan Whelan
(VIAF: 91147905035379090336; WikiData: Q28094291)
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan C.S.Sp. (born 25 May 1909, died 8 Dec 1990) Bishop Emeritus of Owerri

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Limerick, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Owerri, Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri
Death Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 42.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Balanea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Altava
Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Acmonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Titular Bishop of Balanea
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (1954)
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † (1959)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Limerick, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Owerri, Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri
Death Place	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 37

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