Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Owerri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1909		Born	Limerick, Ireland
4 Jul 1937	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
12 Feb 1948	38.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria
12 Feb 1948	38.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tiddi
25 Apr 1948	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tiddi
18 Apr 1950	40.9	Appointed	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria
25 Jun 1970	61.1	Resigned	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria
25 Jun 1970	61.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae
10 Aug 1976	67.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae
8 Dec 1990	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 42.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. † (1948)
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †

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