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Ireland

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
11 Jan 1918 Bishop John MackeyBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
3 Apr 1919 Bishop Myles McKeonBishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
6 Jan 1924 Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone
24 Mar 1926 Desmond Cardinal ConnellArchbishop Emeritus of Dublin
24 Feb 1927 Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
24 Apr 1927 Bishop Eamon CaseyBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh
10 Jul 1929 Bishop Daniel Joseph MullinsBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
22 Feb 1930 Bishop David CreminAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
10 May 1930 Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermottBishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
23 Oct 1930 Bishop Thomas Joseph FlanaganAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
9 Apr 1931 Bishop Patrick Joseph WalshBishop Emeritus of Down and Connor
5 Jun 1931 Bishop Laurence ForristalBishop Emeritus of Ossory
Youngest
7 Jun 1963 Bishop Denis NultyBishop of Kildare and Leighlin
30 Oct 1961 Archbishop Eamon MartinCoadjutor Archbishop of Armagh
28 Mar 1960 Bishop Brendan LeahyBishop of Limerick
13 Oct 1959 Archbishop Charles John BrownApostolic Nuncio to Ireland
21 Oct 1958 Archbishop Eugene Martin NugentApostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
23 Jan 1957 Bishop Raymond BrowneBishop of Kerry
8 Aug 1952 Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.Bishop of Killaloe
16 Dec 1951 Bishop William CreanBishop of Cloyne
22 Sep 1951 Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras
26 Feb 1951 Bishop John Gerard NoonanBishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
25 Dec 1950 Bishop Noël TreanorBishop of Down and Connor
12 Apr 1950 Bishop Donal McKeownAuxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor

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