Bishop John Leonard †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}

Titular Bishop of Charadrus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1829		Born	Dublin, Ireland
5 Jan 1855	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dublin, Ireland
1 Oct 1872	43.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
1 Oct 1872	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Charadrus
15 Dec 1872	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Charadrus
19 Feb 1908	79.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa

a priest for 53.1 years
a bishop for 35.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Cullen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Leonard † (1872)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Rooney †

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