Bishop Joseph Higgins †

Deceased

Bishop of Ballarat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1838		Born	Meath, Ireland
29 May 1863	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meath, Ireland
18 Sep 1888	50.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
18 Sep 1888	50.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
31 Mar 1889	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
21 Sep 1899	61.7	Appointed	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
3 Mar 1905	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
16 Sep 1915	77.7	Died	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas McNulty †
Bishop Bernard O'Reilly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Higgins † (1889)
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Francis Patrick Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Patrick Phelan †

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