Bishop John Cunningham †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1938		Born
29 Jun 1961	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Apr 2004	66.1	Appointed	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
28 May 2004	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
22 Nov 2014	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Dec 2021	83.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for John Cunningham
(VIAF: 91496948; WikiData: Q1656740)
Bishop John Cunningham (born 22 Feb 1938, died 1 Dec 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Galloway

Ad Limina - February 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Paisley, Renfrewshire, Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland
Ordained Priest St. Mirin, Cathedral, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland
Ordained Bishop Good Shepherd, Cathedral, Ayr, Ayrshire, Diocese of Galloway, Scotland
Death Place Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland
Buried Place (Original) St. Conval’s, Cemetery, Barrhead, Glasgow, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland

a priest for 60.4 years
a bishop for 17.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Black †
Bishop of Paisley, Scotland
Principal Consecrator:
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien †
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Maurice Taylor †
Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland
Bishop John Aloysius Mone †
Bishop of Paisley, Scotland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien † (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † (1951)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland
Ordained Priest	St. Mirin, Cathedral, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland
Ordained Bishop	Good Shepherd, Cathedral, Ayr, Ayrshire, Diocese of Galloway, Scotland
Death Place	Little Sisters of the Poor, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland
Buried Place (Original)	St. Conval’s, Cemetery, Barrhead, Glasgow, Diocese of Paisley, Scotland

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Number 14,600
r: Bollettino, 22 Nov 2014
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CL, 2 Dec 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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