Bishop Edmund Martin French, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1775¹		Born
1794²	19.0	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
1804²	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
24 Aug 1824	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
13 Mar 1825	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
14 Jul 1852	77.5	Died	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Edmund Martin French
Bishop Edmund Martin French O.P.
(born 1775, died 14 Jul 1852)
Bishop of Kilmacduagh

Event Place
Ordained Priest Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Death Place Gort, Co. Galway, Diocese of Galway
Buried Place (Original) Corker, Kiltaran, Diocese of Galway

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Oliver O’Kelly †
Archbishop of Tuam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Coen †
Titular Bishop of Milevum
Bishop Patrick MacNicholas †
Bishop of Achonry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Oliver O’Kelly † (1815)
Archbishop of Tuam
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

Assisted:
Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. † (1823)

Event	Place
Ordained Priest	Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Death Place	Gort, Co. Galway, Diocese of Galway
Buried Place (Original)	Corker, Kiltaran, Diocese of Galway

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751011

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1838
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 180
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1825, Number 7
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 48, and Page 49
mn/ente/qop0/loc: CB, 15 May 2025

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