Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ondo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1907		Born	Schull, Ireland
10 Jun 1934	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
16 Jan 1958	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
27 Apr 1958	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
31 May 1976	68.9	Resigned	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
3 Feb 1988	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 53.6 years
a bishop for 29.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †
Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. † (1958)
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (1940)
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 Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge

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