Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia

Titular Bishop of Mariamme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1849		Born	Donoughmore, Ireland
26 May 1877	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
1885	35.9	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
1895	45.9	Resigned	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
16 Dec 1907	58.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
16 Dec 1907	58.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
3 May 1908	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
19 Jan 1912	63.0	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
19 Mar 1912	63.1	Installed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Jan 1926	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Jan 1926	77.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mariamme
1 Jan 1927	77.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 18.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henry Moeller †
Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell † (1908)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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:
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna †
Bishop Thomas Joseph Shahan †
Bishop William Turner †
Archbishop John Joseph Swint †
Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †

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