Bishop Henry William Cleary †

Deceased

Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1859		Born
11 Jan 1885	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ferns, Ireland
23 Jun 1910	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
21 Aug 1910	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
9 Dec 1929	70.9	Died	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Henry William Cleary
Bishop Henry William Cleary
(born 15 Jan 1859, died 9 Dec 1929)
Bishop of Auckland

Event Place
Birth Place Glenranny, Wexford, Ireland

a priest for 44.9 years
a bishop for 19.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Abraham Brownrigg, S.S.S. †
Bishop of Ossory
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Browne †
Bishop of Ferns
Bishop Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of Sandhurst

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Abraham Brownrigg, S.S.S. † (1884)
Bishop of Ossory
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:
Archbishop Thomas O’Shea, S.M. † (1913)
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † (1917)
Archbishop James Michael Liston † (1920)
Bishop James Whyte † (1920)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/182605
VIAF: 46439858
WikiData: Q15438487

Source(s):

c2+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 72
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1910, Number 63

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