Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1940		Born
20 Dec 1965	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
15 Dec 1995	55.6	Appointed	Prefect of Kontagora, Nigeria
30 Apr 2002	62.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
30 Apr 2002	62.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria
17 Aug 2002	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
30 Apr 2010	70.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Timothy Joseph Carroll
Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll S.M.A.
(born 23 Apr 1940)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Millstreet, Ireland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kontagora.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla
Titular Archbishop of Pia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau †
Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje †
Bishop of Sokoto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla (1991)
Titular Archbishop of Pia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2435232

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 30 Apr 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Number 14,238

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