Bishop Francis Lenny †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

Titular Bishop of Rotdon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1928		Born
21 Jun 1953	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Armagh, Ireland
3 May 1974	45.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
3 May 1974	45.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rotdon
16 Jun 1974	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rotdon
16 Jul 1978	49.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Francis Lenny
Bishop Francis Lenny
(born 27 Sep 1928, died 16 Jul 1978)
Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh

Event Place
Birth Place Cookstown
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh

a priest for 25.0 years
a bishop for 4.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Eugene O’Doherty †
Bishop of Dromore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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:
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich † (1977)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736033

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,484

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