Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Sokoto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1913		Born	South Boston, MA, USA
16 Aug 1937	23.8	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
6 Jun 1943	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
15 Jan 1954	40.3	Appointed	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria
13 Nov 1954	41.1	Installed	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria
16 Jun 1964	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
15 Aug 1964	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
19 Dec 1966	53.2	Died	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 23.5 years
a bishop for 2.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. † (1964)
Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (1954)
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)
Bishop François O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1918)
Bishop Charles O’Sullivan † (1918)
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Bishop Thomas (Alphonsus) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales

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