Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jul 1919		Born
25 May 1945	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
24 Apr 1959	39.7	Appointed	Prefect of Bechuanaland, Botswana
5 Aug 1966	47.0	Appointed	Bishop of Gaberones, Botswana
14 Sep 1966	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gaberones, Botswana
28 Feb 1981	61.6	Died	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

MicroData Summary
Urban Charles Joseph Murphy
Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy C.P.
(born 12 Jul 1919, died 28 Feb 1981)
Bishop of Gaborone

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

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 35.7 years
a bishop for 14.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Dunne †
Titular Bishop of Nara
Bishop Eugene O’Callaghan †
Bishop of Clogher

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (1940)
Archbishop of Dublin
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

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