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Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nenagh, Diocese of Killaloe, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary of the Rosary, Church, Nenagh, Diocese of Killaloe, Ireland
Death Place	Prince Louis Rwagasore, Hospital, Bujumbura, Diocese of Bujumbura
Buried Place (Original)	Dromineer, Diocese of Killaloe, Ireland

a priest for 35.8 years a bishop for 3.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Francis Cardinal Arinze Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop John Kirby Bishop of Clonfert Bishop William Walsh † Bishop of Killaloe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927) Archbishop of Onitsha Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920) Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897) Bishop of Ross Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870) Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly) Paul Cardinal 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

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