Bishop Thomas McDonnell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Killala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1912		Born	Ballycastle
23 Jun 1937	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Killala, Ireland
12 Oct 1970	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
13 Dec 1970	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
21 Jan 1987	74.2	Retired	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
9 Dec 1987	75.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 17.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane †
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas McDonnell † (1970)
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
John Francis Cardinal D'Alton † (1942)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
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 Thomas Anthony Finnegan

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