Bishop James J. Roche †

Deceased

Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1870		Born
29 Oct 1893	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
31 Mar 1926	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
30 May 1926	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
26 Jun 1931	60.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
26 Jun 1931	60.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
23 Mar 1935	64.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
31 Aug 1956	85.8	Died	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

MicroData Summary
James J. Roche
Bishop James J. Roche
(born 19 Oct 1870, died 31 Aug 1956)
Bishop of Cloyne

Event Place
Birth Place Middleton

a priest for 62.8 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Mary Harty †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Fogarty †
Bishop of Killaloe
Bishop Daniel Cohalan †
Bishop of Cork

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop William Joseph McDonald † (1928)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald † (1927)
Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. † (1933)
Bishop John M. Collins, S.M.A. † (1934)
Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. † (1937)
Bishop Denis J. Moynihan † (1941)
Bishop Daniel Cohalan † (1943)
Bishop Patrick O’Neill † (1946)
Bishop Cornelius Lucey † (1951)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64747776

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1926, Number 36

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