Bishop Gerard Clifford †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

Titular Bishop of Hieron

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jun 1941		Born
18 Jun 1967	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Armagh, Ireland
25 Mar 1991	49.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
25 Mar 1991	49.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hieron
21 Apr 1991	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hieron
27 Feb 2013	71.6	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
12 Dec 2016	75.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Gerard Clifford
Bishop Gerard Clifford
(born 24 Jun 1941, died 12 Dec 2016)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Lordship

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 25.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Cahal Brendan Daly †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †
Bishop of Kilmore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cahal Brendan Daly † (1967)
Archbishop of Armagh
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady (1995)
Archbishop Eamon Martin (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q989595

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Number 11,401
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2013
d: CB, 12 Dec 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)

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