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Ireland

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
23 Nov 1941 Bishop John MackeyBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
22 Jun 1947 Bishop Myles McKeonBishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
19 May 1951 Desmond Cardinal ConnellArchbishop Emeritus of Dublin
17 Jun 1951 Bishop Eamon CaseyBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh
29 Jun 1952 Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone
12 Apr 1953 Bishop Daniel Joseph MullinsBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
5 Jun 1955 Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermottBishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
12 Jun 1955 Bishop David CreminAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
17 Jul 1955 Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
21 Dec 1955 Bishop Laurence ForristalBishop Emeritus of Ossory
25 Feb 1956 Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
25 Feb 1956 Bishop Patrick Joseph WalshBishop Emeritus of Down and Connor
Most Junior
13 May 1989 Archbishop Charles John BrownApostolic Nuncio to Ireland
23 Sep 1983 Bishop John Gerard NoonanBishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
9 Jul 1983 Archbishop Eugene Martin NugentApostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
12 Jul 1980 Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras
24 Dec 1978 Bishop Kevin Joseph FarrellBishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
17 Jun 1978 Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.Bishop of Killaloe
3 Jul 1977 Bishop Donal McKeownAuxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor
13 Jun 1976 Bishop Noël TreanorBishop of Down and Connor
18 May 1975 Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
10 Jun 1973 Bishop John McAreaveyBishop of Dromore
9 Jun 1973 Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
21 Jul 1972 Bishop Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC.Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

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