Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich †

Deceased

Archbishop of Armagh

Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1923		Born	Crossmaglen
6 Jul 1948	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Armagh, Ireland
18 Aug 1977	53.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
2 Oct 1977	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
30 Jun 1979	55.7	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Jun 1979	55.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio
8 May 1990	66.5	Died	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Consistory - 1979: Created Cardinal

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 12.6 years
a cardinal for 10.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Lenny †
Bishop William J. Philbin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich † (1977)
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Duffy
Bishop James Gerard Lennon †
Bishop Séamus Hegarty
Bishop Colm O'Reilly
Bishop Michael Smith
Bishop Francis Lagan

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