Bishop Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1944		Born
1965	20.8	Professed	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate
12 Jun 1971	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate
1992²	47.8	Elected	Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate
7 Oct 2004	60.6	Ceased	Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate
14 Sep 2007	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
2 Dec 2007	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
29 Jul 2016	72.4	Resigned	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
20 Aug 2022	78.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Séamus Freeman
(WikiData: Q956857)
Bishop Séamus Freeman S.A.C. (born 23 Feb 1944, died 20 Aug 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Ossory

Event Place
Birth Place Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly)
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory
Death Place Highfield Healthcare, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Buried Place (Original) Saint Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 14.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto
Titular Archbishop of Numana
Bishop Laurence Forristal †
Bishop Emeritus of Ossory

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (1999)
Archbishop of Dublin
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly)
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory
Death Place	Highfield Healthcare, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Sep 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Number 15,570
r: Bollettino, 29 Jul 2016
d: CB, 20 Aug 2022
loc: CL, 1 Nov 2022

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