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 1924³	80.8	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
26 Feb 1927	83.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 59.7 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Leonard † (1872)
Titular Bishop of Corada
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Pietro Strobino † (1891)
- Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I. † (1914)

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 514

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