Bishop James Caulfield †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1732²		Born
15 Aug 1757	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ferns, Ireland
26 Feb 1782	50.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
26 Feb 1782	50.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Birtha
7 Jul 1782	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Birtha
19 Oct 1786	54.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
12 Jan 1814	82.0	Died	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Caulfield
(VIAF: 315681812; WikiData: Q30284425)
Bishop James Caulfield (born 1732, died 12 Jan 1814) Bishop of Ferns

Event Place
Birth Place Saltmills, Co. Wexford
Ordained Priest Ferns, Diocese of Ferns
Ordained Bishop New Ross
Death Place High Street
Buried Place (Original) Franciscan, Chapel, Wexford

a priest for 56.4 years
a bishop for 31.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nicholas Sweetman †
Bishop of Ferns
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Carpenter †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. †
Bishop of Ossory
Assisted by:
Father Bernard Downes
Priest of Ferns

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Keating † (1809)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Dunne † (1787)
Bishop Thomas O’Connor † (1788)
Bishop James Lanigan † (1789)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saltmills, Co. Wexford
Ordained Priest	Ferns, Diocese of Ferns
Ordained Bishop	New Ross
Death Place	High Street
Buried Place (Original)	Franciscan, Chapel, Wexford

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 122, and Page 214
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1782, Number 10
bd: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 226, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,534
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 19, and Page 20

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