Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1914		Born	Ballyhahill, Ireland
25 May 1940	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Aug 1966	52.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
18 Oct 1966	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
24 Jan 1976	62.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa
2 Jul 1984	70.5	Resigned	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
16 Feb 1986	72.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 19.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Owen Cardinal McCann †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †
Archbishop John Colburn Garner †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † (1966)
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.
Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S.
Archbishop George Francis Daniel
Bishop Hubert Bucher
Bishop Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I.

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