Bishop Matthew Cullen †

Deceased

Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1864		Born	Hackettstown, Kilcarney
24 Jun 1889	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Mar 1927	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
5 Jun 1927	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
2 Jan 1936	71.8	Died	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 8.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †
Bishop William Codd †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthew Cullen † (1927)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne † (1920)
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
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 Patrick Collier †
Bishop Francis Joseph Wall †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1927, Number 33

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