Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1918		Born	Limerick, Ireland
7 Apr 1946	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
11 Jan 1968	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
29 Mar 1968	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
2 Jun 1989	71.3	Resigned	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
14 Aug 1999	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Ellis †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Brian Charles Foley †
Bishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. † (1968)
Bishop Edward Ellis † (1944)
William Cardinal Godfrey † (1938)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 Fidelis Uga Orgah †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)

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