Bishop Richard Phelan †

Deceased

Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1828		Born	Ballyragget, Ireland
4 May 1854	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15 May 1885	57.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15 May 1885	57.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cibyra
2 Aug 1885	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cibyra
7 Dec 1889	61.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Dec 1904	77.0	Died	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 50.6 years
a bishop for 19.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tobias Mullen †
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Shanahan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Phelan † (1885)
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 Thomas Francis Brennan †

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