Bishop William Lee †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1941		Born
19 Jun 1966	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cashel and Emly, Ireland
27 May 1993	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
25 Jul 1993	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
1 Oct 2013	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
5 Jan 2024	82.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

MicroData Summary
William Lee
Bishop William Lee
(born 2 Dec 1941, died 5 Jan 2024)
Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Newport
Ordained Bishop Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Waterford, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Death Place Community Care, Hospital, Dungarvan, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

a priest for 57.5 years
a bishop for 30.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Russell †
Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dermot Clifford
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Russell † (1965)
Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan (2015)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2579707

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 135, Number 12,121
r: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2013
d: CB, 5 Jan 2024
opd: CB, 9 Jan 2024

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