Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Maiduguri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1916		Born	Limerick, Ireland
13 Jul 1941	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Augustine
5 Jul 1962	46.1	Appointed	Prefect of Maiduguri, Nigeria
7 Jun 1966	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
8 Sep 1966	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
15 Mar 1988	71.8	Died	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria

a priest for 46.7 years
a bishop for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Bellotti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Murphy †
Bishop Thomas Ryan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. † (1966)
Archbishop Luigi Bellotti † (1964)
Bishop Giuseppe Carraro †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.

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