Bishop John Alphonsus Heavey, O.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Cairns, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1868		Born
23 May 1891	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Augustine
3 May 1914	45.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown, Australia
3 May 1914	45.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coracesium
9 Aug 1914	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coracesium
8 Jul 1941	72.6	Appointed	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
12 Jun 1948	79.5	Died	Bishop of Cairns, Australia

MicroData Summary for John Alphonsus Heavey
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Bishop John Alphonsus Heavey O.S.A. (born 13 Nov 1868, died 12 Jun 1948) Bishop of Cairns

Event Place
Birth Place Roundwood, Ireland
Ordained Bishop New Ross, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 33.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Browne †
Bishop of Ferns
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin †
Bishop of Clonfert
Bishop Michael Higgins †
Titular Bishop of Temnus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Browne † (1884)
Bishop of Ferns
Bishop James Lynch, C.M. † (1866)
Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia
Bishop William Keane † (1851)
Bishop of Cloyne
Archbishop Michael Slattery † (1834)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Bishop John Murphy † (1815)
Bishop of Cork
Bishop William Coppinger †
Bishop of Cloyne and Ross

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Byrne † (1929)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roundwood, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	New Ross, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland

Source(s):

c2+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 43
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,664
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,759

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