Bishop James Louis O’Donel, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1737²		Born
1770²	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor
17 May 1784	47.3	Appointed	Prefect of Newfoundland, Canada
23 Dec 1795	58.9	Selected	Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada
23 Dec 1795	58.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis
5 Jan 1796	59.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thyatira
22 Jan 1796	59.0	Confirmed	Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada
22 Jan 1796	59.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
21 Sep 1796	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada
1 Jan 1807	70.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada
1 Jan 1807	70.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
1 Apr 1811	74.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Louis O’Donel
(VIAF: 65438518; WikiData: Q6138242)
Bishop James Louis O’Donel O.F.M. Obs. (born 1737, died 1 Apr 1811) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland

Event Place
Birth Place Knocklofty, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Québec, Diocese of Québec
Death Place Waterford
Buried Place (Original) St. Mary's, Chapel, Irishtown

a priest for 41.2 years
a bishop for 14.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-François Hubert †
Bishop of Québec
Assisted by:
Father Henri François Grave
Vicar General of Québec
Father Jean Louis Desjardins
Vicar General of Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-François Hubert † (1786)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand † (1766)
Bishop Emeritus of Québec
Bishop Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont † (1753)
Bishop of Blois
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Knocklofty, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Québec, Diocese of Québec
Death Place	Waterford
Buried Place (Original)	St. Mary's, Chapel, Irishtown

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 406, and Page 454
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1796, Number 21
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 30, Number 1,677

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