Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson

Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1968		Born
Dec 1994³	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Hamilton in New Zealand
12 Aug 1995	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hamilton in New Zealand
25 Oct 2023	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
8 Dec 2023	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Richard Philip James Laurenson
Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson
(born 4 Jul 1968)
Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Event Place
Birth Place Hamilton, Diocese of Auckland
Ordained Bishop Hamilton, Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Denis George Browne †
Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe
Bishop of Auckland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop John Lewis Adams
Bishop of Palmerston North

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe (2015)
Bishop of Auckland
Bishop Denis George Browne † (1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † (1954)
Titular Bishop of Nigizubi
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q123185787

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2023
od/c1/ob/loc: CB, 25 Oct 2023
c2+: CB, 8 Dec 2023

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