Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1905		Born	Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland
22 Jun 1930	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
10 Nov 1939	33.9	Appointed	Prefect of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Jan 1955	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
22 May 1955	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Mar 1973	67.2	Appointed	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
19 Feb 1983	77.2	Retired	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
17 Dec 1988	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

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

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Fergus †
Bishop of Achonry
Bishop Thomas Keogh †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro (1977)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1955, Number 35

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