Archbishop Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1882		Born
12 Jul 1908	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain
10 Aug 1935	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
24 Sep 1935	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
20 Apr 1940	58.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
28 Feb 1961	78.9	Died	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath
Archbishop Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath (born 24 Mar 1882, died 28 Feb 1961) Archbishop of Cardiff

Event Place
Birth Place Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Thomas, Priory, Hawkesyard, Rugeley, Staffordshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Sorrows, Cathedral, Wrexham, Wrexham, Diocese of Menevia, Wales
Death Place St Winifred, Hospital, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales
Buried Place (Original) St. Joseph, Abbey, Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Torfaen, Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop George Crompton Ambrose Burton †
Bishop of Clifton, England
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn †
Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Lee †
Bishop of Clifton, England
Bishop Ambrose James Moriarty †
Bishop of Shrewsbury, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (1895)
Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Joseph Hannon † (1941)
Bishop John Edward Petit † (1947)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Thomas, Priory, Hawkesyard, Rugeley, Staffordshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Bishop	Our Lady of Sorrows, Cathedral, Wrexham, Wrexham, Diocese of Menevia, Wales
Death Place	St Winifred, Hospital, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales
Buried Place (Original)	St. Joseph, Abbey, Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Torfaen, Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 74
b/c1: Arundel to Zabi, Page 142
dp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Additions/Corrections (back)
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
c1: CL, 30 Apr 2018
loc: CL, 19 Feb 2021

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