Bishop François O’Rourke, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin

Titular Bishop of Ostracine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1882		Born	Fenagh, Ireland
15 Jul 1906	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
17 May 1929	46.6	Appointed	Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
27 Mar 1930	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ostracine
31 Mar 1930	47.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
15 Jun 1930	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
28 Oct 1938	56.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

a priest for 32.3 years
a bishop for 8.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1918)
Bishop Charles O’Sullivan † (1918)
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Bishop Thomas (Alphonsus) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1939
ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113

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