Bishop John Dignan †

Deceased

Bishop of Clonfert

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1880		Born	Ballygar
6 Sep 1903	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Mar 1924	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
1 Jun 1924	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
12 Apr 1953	72.8	Died	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Morrisroe †
Bishop Jacob Naughton †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Dignan † (1924)
Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Ignazio Cardinal Busca † (1775)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †
Bishop James Fergus †

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1924, Number 34

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