Bishop Desmond A. Williams †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin

Titular Bishop of Summa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1930		Born	Dublin
4 Jun 1955	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dublin, Ireland
14 Mar 1985	54.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
14 Mar 1985	54.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Summa
21 Apr 1985	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Summa
18 Dec 1993	63.7	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
24 Feb 2006	75.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Kevin McNamara †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Bishop Joseph A. Carroll †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Desmond A. Williams † (1985)
Archbishop Kevin McNamara † (1976)
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
John Francis Cardinal D'Alton † (1942)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
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 Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M.

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