Archbishop Joseph Colgan †

Deceased

Archbishop of Madras

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Apr 1824		Born	Donore, Ireland
1846¹	21.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 May 1882	58.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India
19 May 1882	58.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia
24 Aug 1882	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia
25 Nov 1886	62.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Madras, India
13 Feb 1911	86.9	Died	Archbishop of Madras, India

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 65.1 years
a bishop for 28.5 years

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S. † (1887)
- Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. † (1891)
- Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S. † (1893)
- Bishop Pierre-André (Pietro Andrea) Viganò, S.J. † (1898)
- Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet † (1901)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 133, and Page 358

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