Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1871		Born	Glanken, Ireland
10 Apr 1898	26.8	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
22 Apr 1900	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
20 Sep 1905	34.3	Appointed	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
22 Apr 1920	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
22 Apr 1920	48.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
6 Jun 1920	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
21 May 1931	60.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
Dec 1943	72.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

a priest for 43.6 years
a bishop for 23.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Denis Kelly †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Miller, O.M.I. †
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †

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