Bishop Abraham Brownrigg, S.S.S. †

Deceased

Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Dec 1836		Born
21 Apr 1861	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
28 Oct 1884	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
14 Dec 1884	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
1 Oct 1928	91.8	Died	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Abraham Brownrigg
Bishop Abraham Brownrigg S.S.S.
(born 3 Dec 1836, died 1 Oct 1928)
Bishop of Ossory

Event Place
Birth Place Ballypierce, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny

a priest for 67.4 years
a bishop for 43.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Lynch, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia
Bishop James Browne †
Bishop of Ferns

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edmond Heelan † (1890)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry William Cleary † (1910)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierse Power † (1886)
Bishop Patrick Foley † (1896)
Archbishop John Pius Dowling, O.P. † (1909)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/163291
VIAF: 304914835
WikiData: Q64691709

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 430
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1884, Number 65

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