Bishop John Joseph O'Gorman, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

Titular Bishop of Amastris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1866		Born	Hatstown, Ireland
28 Oct 1889	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
14 Sep 1903	37.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amastris
28 Oct 1903	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amastris
9 Nov 1903	37.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
23 Sep 1932	66.4	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
13 Apr 1935	68.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 31.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Francis Regis Canevin †
Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph O'Gorman, C.S.Sp. † (1903)
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan † (1872)
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Archbishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †
Archbishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp. †

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