Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Ostracine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1882		Born
18 Dec 1904	22.1	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
15 Jul 1906	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
14 May 1929	46.5	Appointed	Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
27 Mar 1930	47.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
27 Mar 1930	47.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ostracine
15 Jun 1930	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ostracine
28 Oct 1938	56.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Francis O’Rourke
(WikiData: Q64680733)
Bishop Francis O’Rourke S.M.A. (born 14 Oct 1882, died 28 Oct 1938) Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin

Event Place
Birth Place Fenagh, Co. Leitrim, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
Ordained Priest Seminary Chapel, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for 8.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Balanea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1918)
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
Bishop Charles O’Sullivan † (1918)
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fenagh, Co. Leitrim, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
Ordained Priest	Seminary Chapel, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place	Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1939
ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 39
b: SMA Nos Défunts, [93] 2023

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