Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

Titular Bishop of Mariamme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jan 1849		Born
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	58.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Phrygia
3 May 1908	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Phrygia
24 Dec 1908	59.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
19 Jan 1912	62.9	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
19 Mar 1912	63.1	Installed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Jan 1926	76.9	Retired	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Jan 1926	76.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mariamme
1 Jan 1927	77.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

MicroData Summary for Denis Joseph O’Connell (VIAF: 8198477)
Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell (born 24 Jan 1849, died 1 Jan 1927) Bishop Emeritus of Richmond

Event Place
Birth Place Donoughmore, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia

a priest for 49.5 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henry Moeller †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop †
Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Shahan † (1914)
Bishop William Turner † (1919)
Archbishop John Joseph Swint † (1922)
Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. † (1922)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Donoughmore, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Assumption, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place	Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 334
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1908, Number 27
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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