Bishop Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.Ss.R.

Bishop Emeritus of Rustenburg, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1944		Born
9 Jul 1967	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
2 Dec 1990	46.8	Appointed	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
27 Jan 1991	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
25 Nov 2020	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Kevin Patrick Dowling
Bishop Kevin Patrick Dowling C.Ss.R.
(born 14 Feb 1944)
Bishop Emeritus of Rustenburg

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pretoria
Ordained Bishop Mission St. Joseph, Phoken

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rustenburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Durban
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Francis Daniel
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry †
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Robert Mogapi Mphiwe (2021)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 87030362
WikiData: Q1740234

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129, Number 11,598
r: Bollettino, 25 Nov 2020

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