Bishop Matthew Gaffney †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1839		Born
1864¹	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meath, Ireland
28 Apr 1899	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
25 Jun 1899	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
1906¹	66.9	Resigned	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
15 Dec 1909	70.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Matthew Gaffney
(WikiData: Q64733160)
Bishop Matthew Gaffney (born 2 Jan 1839, died 15 Dec 1909) Bishop Emeritus of Meath

Event Place
Birth Place Mountnugent, Diocese of Meath
Ordained Bishop Meath, Diocese of Meath
Death Place Meath, Diocese of Meath

a priest for 45.9 years
a bishop for 10.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Michael Cardinal Logue †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †
Bishop of Raphoe
Bishop John Keys O’Doherty †
Bishop of Derry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 382
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1899, Number 31

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