Bishop Henry Hughes, O.F.M. Ref. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar

Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1788		Born
24 Feb 1805	16.6	Entered	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
25 Feb 1806	17.6	Professed	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
Dec 1810²	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
15 Mar 1839	50.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
15 Mar 1839	50.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica
21 Apr 1839	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica
Nov 1856³	68.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
12 Oct 1860	72.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Henry Hughes
Bishop Henry Hughes O.F.M. Ref.
(born 26 Jun 1788, died 12 Oct 1860)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar

Event Place
Birth Place Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Ordained Priest Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Tor de’ Specchi, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Franciscan Friary, Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Buried Place (Original) Franciscan Friary, Cemetery, Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Vespignani †
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Archbishop Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini †
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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 Fidèle Sutter, O.F.M. Cap. † (1844)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Ordained Priest	Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Tor de’ Specchi, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Franciscan Friary, Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Buried Place (Original)	Franciscan Friary, Cemetery, Wexford, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland

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WikiData: Q17004966

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 212
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1839, Number 4
q910/loc: CB, 13 Dec 2025

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