Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer †

Deceased

Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1842		Born
Jun 1867²	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limerick, Ireland
18 May 1886	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
29 Jun 1886	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
19 Aug 1917	75.5	Died	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Edward Thomas O’Dwyer
Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer
(born 22 Jan 1842, died 19 Aug 1917)
Bishop of Limerick

Event Place
Birth Place Holy Cross, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly)
Ordained Bishop St. Jean, Cathedral, Limerick, Diocese of Limerick

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 31.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas William Croke †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Andrew Higgins †
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Bishop John McCarthy †
Bishop of Cloyne

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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:
Bishop Thomas J. McRedmond † (1890)
Archbishop Michael Fogarty † (1904)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/221812
VIAF: 315945286
WikiData: Q5345596

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1918
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 343
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1886, Number 29

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