Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien

Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1938		Born	Ballycastle, Ireland
3 Apr 1965	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
30 May 1985	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
5 Aug 1985	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Jun 1996	58.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
Oct 1999	61.5	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Oct 2003	65.6	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	65.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.

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Ordained Priest by:
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray †
Principal Consecrator:
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim †
Thomas Joseph Cardinal Winning †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien (1985)
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † (1951)
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 † (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 Kevin Laurence Rafferty †
Bishop Ian Murray
Bishop John Cunningham
Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roderick Wright †

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