Bishop Patrick Neeson Lynch †

Deceased

Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1817		Born
5 Apr 1840	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
11 Dec 1857	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
14 Mar 1858	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
26 Feb 1882	64.9	Died	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

MicroData Summary
Patrick Neeson Lynch
Bishop Patrick Neeson Lynch
(born 10 Mar 1817, died 26 Feb 1882)
Bishop of Charleston

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kilberidogue, Diocese of Clogher, Ireland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Finbar, Cathedral, Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina
Death Place Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina
Buried Place (Original) Saint John the Baptist, Cathedral, Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Portier †
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
Bishop John Barry †
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan † (1880)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Moore † (1877)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William O’Hara † (1868)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 47246501
VIAF: 81525840
WikiData: Q7147321

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 183
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1858, Number 13
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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