Bishop James Fergus †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1895		Born
20 Jun 1920	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Feb 1947	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
4 May 1947	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
17 Mar 1976	80.2	Retired	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
24 Mar 1989	93.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland

MicroData Summary
James Fergus
Bishop James Fergus
(born 23 Dec 1895, died 24 Mar 1989)
Bishop Emeritus of Achonry

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Louisburgh, Archdiocese of Tuam
Ordained Bishop Annunciation and Saint Nathy, Cathedral, Ballaghadereen, Diocese of Achonry

a priest for 68.7 years
a bishop for 41.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Dignan †
Bishop of Clonfert
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael John Browne †
Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh
Bishop Edward Doorly †
Bishop of Elphin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Dignan † (1924)
Bishop of Clonfert
Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Bishop Vincent Hanly † (1950)
Bishop William J. Philbin † (1954)
Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † (1955)
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane † (1969)
Bishop Thomas Flynn † (1977)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11865832

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 36

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