Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.

Bishop Emeritus of Kenema

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1924		Born	Effin, Ireland
29 Jun 1952	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
4 Jun 1984	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
2 Dec 1984	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
26 Apr 2002	78.3	Retired	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kenema.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis
Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. (1984)
Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda (1971)
Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Daniel Koroma

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