Bishop Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1912		Born
16 Aug 1936	24.4	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
16 Aug 1939	27.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
11 Jun 1942	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
13 Jul 1967	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
15 Aug 1967	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
1 Oct 1967	55.6	Installed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
3 Dec 1984	72.7	Resigned	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
19 Mar 1996	84.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Michael James Edward Dempsey
(VIAF: 73299179; WikiData: Q15835046)
Bishop Michael James Edward Dempsey O.P. (born 22 Feb 1912, died 19 Mar 1996) Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto

Event Place
Birth Place Providence, RI, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ordained Priest River Forest, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ordained Bishop St. Pius V, Church, Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Place Mullen Home, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried Place (Original) Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, USA

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 28.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernard James Sheil †
Titular Bishop of Pegae
Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Titular Bishop of Stadia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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	Providence, RI, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ordained Priest	River Forest, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ordained Bishop	St. Pius V, Church, Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Place	Mullen Home, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried Place (Original)	Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, USA

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
firs/sole/mn: CB, 27 May 2019

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