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Bishop Denis William Hanrahan †

Deceased

Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Greymouth
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch

a priest for 29.5 years a bishop for 2.6 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Edward Michael Joyce † Bishop of Christchurch Principal Consecrator: Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby † Bishop of Christchurch Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Antonio Magnoni † Titular Archbishop of Boseta Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams † Archbishop of Wellington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby † (1964) Bishop of Christchurch Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947) Archbishop of Wellington Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935) Archbishop of Sydney Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933) Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace 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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