Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Ondo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1891		Born	Hollymount, Ireland
16 Jun 1927	36.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
12 Jan 1934	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Kaduna, Nigeria
12 Jan 1943	51.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nepte
12 Jan 1943	51.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria
9 May 1943	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nepte
18 Apr 1950	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
17 Apr 1957	66.2	Died	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria

a priest for 29.8 years
a bishop for 13.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †
Assisted by:
Father William Lumley, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. † (1943)
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
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 Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †

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