Bishop Desmond A. Williams †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

Titular Bishop of Summa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1930		Born
4 Jun 1955	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dublin, Ireland
14 Mar 1985	54.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
14 Mar 1985	54.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Summa
21 Apr 1985	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Summa
18 Dec 1993	63.6	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
24 Feb 2006	75.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Desmond A. Williams
Bishop Desmond A. Williams
(born 19 Apr 1930, died 24 Feb 2006)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Ordained Bishop Ste Anne, Church, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Kevin McNamara †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Joseph A. Carroll †
Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Kevin McNamara † (1976)
Archbishop of Dublin
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul 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:
Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. † (1994)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q9206445

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 92, Number 7,831

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