Archbishop Richard O’Reilly †

Deceased

Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Jul 1746²		Born
11 Mar 1770	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
25 Mar 1770	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jun 1781	34.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
20 Jun 1781	34.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oropus
26 Feb 1782	35.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
29 Nov 1787	41.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
31 Jan 1818	71.5	Died	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Richard O’Reilly
(VIAF: 315944635; WikiData: Q7328137)
Archbishop Richard O’Reilly (born Jul 1746, died 31 Jan 1818) Archbishop of Armagh

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Kilcock, Chapel
Buried Place (Original) St. Peter's, Church, Drogheda

a priest for 47.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Carpenter †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. †
Bishop of Ossory
Bishop Patrick Joseph Plunkett †
Bishop of Meath

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Carpenter † (1770)
Archbishop of Dublin
Bishop James O’Keeffe † (1752)
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Bishop James Bernard Dunne † (1749)
Bishop of Ossory
Archbishop Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † (1715)
Archbishop of Sens
Archbishop François de Mailly † (1698)
Archbishop of Reims
Toussaint Cardinal de Forbin de Janson † (1656)
Bishop of Beauvais
Bishop Étienne de Puget † (1624)
Bishop of Marseille
Archbishop Jean-François de Gondi † (1623)
Archbishop of Paris
François Cardinal d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (1599)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
François Cardinal de Joyeuse †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Cruise † (1788)
Bishop Patrick MacMullan † (1793)
Bishop James Dillon † (1796)
Bishop Peter McLaughlin † (1802)
Bishop Fargal O’Reilly † (1807)
Bishop James Magauran † (1815)

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	Kilcock, Chapel
Buried Place (Original)	St. Peter's, Church, Drogheda

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 101, and Page 248
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 319
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1781, Number 27
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 106

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