Bishop John Brett, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1698¹		Born
8 Jul 1743	45.5	Selected	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
27 Jul 1743	45.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
8 Sep 1743	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
28 Aug 1748	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
22 Jun 1756	58.4	Died	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for John Brett
(WikiData: Q6223093)
Bishop John Brett O.P. (born 1698, died 22 Jun 1756) Bishop of Elphin

Event Place
Birth Place Ballymore, Co. Sligo

a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili † (1727)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ballymore, Co. Sligo

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 77, and Page 207
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1743, Number 32
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 7
ab: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Additions/Corrections (front)

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