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Archbishop Richard Downey †

Deceased

Archbishop of Liverpool, England

Events

a priest for 46.1 years a bishop for 24.7 years

Principal Consecrator: Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Robert Dobson † Bishop Francis John Vaughan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928) Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896) Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872) Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865) Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846) Bishop John Briggs † (1833) Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824) Bishop William Poynter † (1803) Bishop John Douglass † (1790) Bishop William Gibson † (1790) Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756) Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732) Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730) Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721) Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685) Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670) 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 †

Ordained Priest: Bishop Augustine Harris † Principal Consecrator of: Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † Bishop Henry John Poskitt † Bishop Joseph McCormack † Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall † Bishop Joseph Formby Halsall †