Bishop Peter Birch †

Deceased

Bishop of Ossory

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1911		Born	Conhay
20 Jun 1937	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ossory, Ireland
24 Jul 1962	50.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
24 Jul 1962	50.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
23 Sep 1962	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
10 Jan 1964	52.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
7 Mar 1981	69.5	Died	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Peter Birch:
Bishop Peter Birch (born 4 Sep 1911, died 7 Mar 1981) Bishop of Ossory

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

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Staunton †
Bishop of Ferns
Bishop Thomas Keogh †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi † (1955)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti Tazza † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Lennon † (1966)
Archbishop Thomas A. White (1978)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 160
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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