Bishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1912		Born	Providence, RI, USA
11 Jun 1942	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
13 Jul 1967	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
15 Aug 1967	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
1 Oct 1967	55.6	Installed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
3 Dec 1984	72.8	Resigned	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
19 Mar 1996	84.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 28.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P. † (1967)
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

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