Bishop Thomas Flynn †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jul 1931		Born
17 Jun 1956	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Achonry, Ireland
30 Dec 1976	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
20 Feb 1977	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
20 Nov 2007	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
2 Jun 2015	83.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Thomas Flynn
Bishop Thomas Flynn
(born 8 Jul 1931, died 2 Jun 2015)
Bishop Emeritus of Achonry

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ballaghaderreen, Diocese of Achonry
Ordained Bishop Ballaghaderreen, Diocese of Achonry

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 38.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane †
Archbishop of Tuam
Bishop James Fergus †
Bishop Emeritus of Achonry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Cassidy † (1979)
Bishop Brendan Kelly (2008)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1359078

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2007
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,651

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