Bishop Alexander Macdonell †

Deceased

Bishop of Alexandria (in America), Ontario, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1833		Born
20 Dec 1862	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Jul 1890	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Alexandria (in America), Ontario, Canada
28 Oct 1890	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Alexandria (in America), Ontario, Canada
29 May 1905	71.5	Died	Bishop of Alexandria (in America), Ontario, Canada

MicroData Summary
Alexander Macdonell
Bishop Alexander Macdonell
(born 1 Nov 1833, died 29 May 1905)
Bishop of Alexandria (in America)

Event Place
Birth Place Lochiel, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Alexandria, Diocese of Alexandria (in America), Ontario

a priest for 42.4 years
a bishop for 14.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Vincent Cleary †
Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Alphonsus O’Connor †
Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario
Bishop Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain †
Titular Bishop of Chytri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Vincent Cleary † (1880)
Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario
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):

WikiData: Q4719495

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 88
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1890, Number 75

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