Bishop Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Bishop of Corfù

Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1803		Born	Dublin, Ireland
27 Mar 1846	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamasus
12 May 1846	42.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Corfù, Greece
12 May 1846	42.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
24 May 1846	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
May 1852	48.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Corfù, Greece
30 Apr 1855	51.4	Died	Bishop of Corfù, Greece

a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Cardinal Brunelli †
Bishop Jean-Félix-Onésime Luquet, M.E.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. † (1846)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Joseph (José María Benito) Serra y Juliá, O.S.B. †

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