Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Benin City

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1894		Born	Ballinasloe, Ireland
29 Jun 1921	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
11 Dec 1939	45.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
11 Dec 1939	45.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thignica
2 Jun 1940	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thignica
18 Apr 1950	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
5 Jul 1973	78.8	Retired	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
18 Aug 1991	97.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

a priest for 70.1 years
a bishop for 51.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Dignan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (1940)
Bishop John Dignan † (1924)
Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop John MacHale †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. †
Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †
Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A. †
Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu

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