Archbishop Joseph Cunnane †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1913		Born
18 Jun 1939	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tuam, Ireland
31 Jan 1969	55.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
17 Mar 1969	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
11 Jul 1987	73.7	Retired	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
8 Mar 2001	87.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Joseph Cunnane
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane
(born 5 Oct 1913, died 8 Mar 2001)
Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam

Event Place
Birth Place Knock
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tuam, Archdiocese of Tuam

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Walsh †
Titular Archbishop of Tubernuca
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Morris †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Bishop James Fergus †
Bishop of Achonry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Walsh † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Tubernuca
Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dominic Joseph Conway † (1970)
Bishop Thomas McDonnell † (1970)
Bishop Thomas Flynn † (1977)
Archbishop Joseph Cassidy † (1979)
Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan † (1987)
Archbishop Michael Neary (1992)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 280194254
WikiData: Q6282379

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 1, Number 42

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