Bishop John Rooney †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}

Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jan 1844		Born	Edenderry, Ireland
25 Jun 1867	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dublin, Ireland
29 Jan 1886	42.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
29 Jan 1886	42.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis
19 Sep 1886	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis
19 Feb 1908	64.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
Dec 1924	80.8	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
24 Feb 1926	82.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa

a priest for 58.7 years
a bishop for 39.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Leonard †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles-Constant Jolivet, O.M.I. †
Bishop James David Ricards †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Rooney † (1886)
Bishop John Leonard † (1872)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Pietro Strobino †
Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I. †

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