Bishop John M. Collins, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia

Titular Bishop of Thala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1889		Born
31 Oct 1911	22.1	Professed	Member of Society of African Missions
15 Jun 1913	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
26 Feb 1932	42.5	Appointed	Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
20 Sep 1932	43.0	Appointed	Official to Liberia
9 Apr 1934	44.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thala
9 Apr 1934	44.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia
30 Sep 1934	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thala
12 Jul 1951	61.8	Appointed	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia
20 Dec 1960	71.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia
3 Mar 1961	71.5	Died	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia

MicroData Summary for John M. Collins
(WikiData: Q64691827)
Bishop John M. Collins S.M.A. (born 21 Aug 1889, died 3 Mar 1961) Apostolic Internuncio of Liberia

Event Place
Birth Place Gallows Hill, Leap, Co. Cork (Drimaleaghe), Diocese of Ross, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Joseph's, Church, Wilton
Ordained Bishop St. Mary's, Cathedral, Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Death Place Monrovia, Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia
Buried Place (Original) St. Theresa's, Convent, Monrovia, Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Robert Browne †
Bishop of Cloyne
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Daniel Cohalan †
Bishop of Cork
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Bishop James J. Roche †
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Daniel Cohalan † (1914)
Bishop of Cork
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. † (1946)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gallows Hill, Leap, Co. Cork (Drimaleaghe), Diocese of Ross, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Joseph's, Church, Wilton
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary's, Cathedral, Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Death Place	Monrovia, Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia
Buried Place (Original)	St. Theresa's, Convent, Monrovia, Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 68
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 165
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 2 Sep 2023

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