Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan

Bishop Emeritus of Killala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1925		Born	Castlerea
17 Jun 1951	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 May 1987	61.7	Appointed	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
12 Jul 1987	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
19 Feb 2002	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Killala, Ireland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Killala.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane †
Bishop Thomas McDonnell †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan (1987)
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Christopher Jones
Bishop John Fleming

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