Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1924		Born
19 Jun 1949	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dromore, Ireland
20 Nov 1975	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
25 Jan 1976	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
4 Jun 1999	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
4 Sep 2010	86.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Francis Gerard Brooks
(WikiData: Q1441419)
Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks (born 14 Jan 1924, died 4 Sep 2010) Bishop Emeritus of Dromore

Event Place
Birth Place Rathfriland
Ordained Bishop Newry

a priest for 61.2 years
a bishop for 34.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Eugene O’Doherty †
Bishop Emeritus of Dromore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul 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:
Bishop John Magee, S.P.S. (1987)
Bishop John McAreavey (1999)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rathfriland
Ordained Bishop	Newry

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 34, Number 2,094

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