Bishop Eamon Casey †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1927		Born
17 Jun 1951	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limerick, Ireland
17 Jul 1969	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
9 Nov 1969	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
21 Jul 1976	49.2	Appointed	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
6 May 1992	65.0	Resigned	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
13 Mar 2017	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Eamon Casey
(VIAF: 63215027; WikiData: Q1276912)
Bishop Eamon Casey (born 24 Apr 1927, died 13 Mar 2017) Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh

Event Place
Birth Place Firies, Diocese of Kerry
Ordained Bishop Killerny, Diocese of Limerick
Death Place Carrigoran Nursing Home, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Our Lady Assumed into Heaven & St. Nicholas, Cathedral, Galway, Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh

a priest for 65.7 years
a bishop for 47.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Murphy †
Bishop of Limerick
Bishop Donald J. Herlihy †
Bishop of Ferns

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop William Crean (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Kevin McNamara † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Firies, Diocese of Kerry
Ordained Bishop	Killerny, Diocese of Limerick
Death Place	Carrigoran Nursing Home, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Our Lady Assumed into Heaven & St. Nicholas, Cathedral, Galway, Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh

Source(s):

d: CB, 13 Mar 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 362
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Additions/Corrections (front)

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