Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Dromore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1924		Born	Rathfriland
19 Jun 1949	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dromore, Ireland
20 Nov 1975	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
25 Jan 1976	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
4 Jun 1999	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
4 Sep 2010	86.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

a priest for 61.2 years
a bishop for 34.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Bishop Eugene O’Doherty †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks † (1976)
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Magee, S.P.S.
Bishop John McAreavey

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