Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1913		Born
16 Aug 1937	23.8	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
6 Jun 1943	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
15 Jan 1954	40.2	Appointed	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria
13 Nov 1954	41.0	Installed	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria
16 Jun 1964	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
15 Aug 1964	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
19 Dec 1966	53.1	Died	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Edward Thaddeus Lawton
Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton O.P.
(born 12 Oct 1913, died 19 Dec 1966)
Bishop of Sokoto

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place South Boston, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ordained Priest River Forest, IL
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Cathedral, Sokoto, Diocese of Sokoto
Death Place Between Sokoto and Gusau, Diocese of Sokoto
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady of Fatima Church, Cemetery, Gusau

a priest for 23.5 years
a bishop for 2.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. †
Archbishop of Kaduna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Jos
Bishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †
Titular Bishop of Sigus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (1954)
Archbishop of Kaduna
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Titular Bishop of Ostracine
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1918)
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
Bishop Charles O’Sullivan † (1918)
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 217539128
WikiData: Q15712938

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 83
d.loc: CB, 16 Oct 2023

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