Bishop Michael Comerford †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

Titular Bishop of Corycus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1828¹		Born
13 May 1856	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Nov 1888	60.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
2 Nov 1888	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Corycus
1 Jan 1889	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Corycus
19 Aug 1895	67.6	Died	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Michael Comerford (VIAF: 9376707)
Bishop Michael Comerford (born 1828, died 19 Aug 1895) Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Event Place
Birth Place Dean Staunton
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Carlow

a priest for 39.2 years
a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Browne †
Bishop of Ferns
Bishop Pierse Power †
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Archbishop of Dublin
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
Paul Cardinal 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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dean Staunton
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Carlow

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 228, and Page 329
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1889, Number 1

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