Bishop Richard Alphonsus Sheehan †

Deceased

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jun 1845		Born
2 Aug 1868	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cork, Ireland
15 Jan 1892	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
31 Jan 1892	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
14 Oct 1915	70.3	Died	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Richard Alphonsus Sheehan
(WikiData: Q64733432)
Bishop Richard Alphonsus Sheehan (born 16 Jun 1845, died 14 Oct 1915) Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

Event Place
Birth Place Bantry, Diocese of Cork
Ordained Bishop Waterford, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 23.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas William Croke †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. †
Bishop of Cork
Bishop William Fitzgerald †
Bishop of Ross

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Bishop Daniel Cohalan † (1914)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bantry, Diocese of Cork
Ordained Bishop	Waterford, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 596
op/c2+: Website of the Diocese, 25 Apr 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1892, Number 3

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