Bishop Séamus Hegarty †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jan 1940		Born
19 Jun 1966	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Raphoe, Ireland
12 Feb 1982	42.0	Appointed	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
28 Mar 1982	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
1 Oct 1994	54.6	Appointed	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
23 Nov 2011	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
20 Sep 2019	79.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Séamus Hegarty
(VIAF: 208150684; WikiData: Q2379304)
Bishop Séamus Hegarty (born 26 Jan 1940, died 20 Sep 2019) Bishop Emeritus of Derry

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kilcar, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Priest St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin
Ordained Bishop St Eunan and St. Columba, Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Death Place Letterkenny University, Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Buried Place (Original) Grounds of, St. Eugene’s, Cathedral, Derry, Diocese of Derry

a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 37.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Edward Kevin Daly †
Bishop of Derry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich † (1977)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 James Hannigan † (1983)
Bishop Philip Boyce, O.C.D. (1995)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kilcar, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Priest	St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin
Ordained Bishop	St Eunan and St. Columba, Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Death Place	Letterkenny University, Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Buried Place (Original)	Grounds of, St. Eugene’s, Cathedral, Derry, Diocese of Derry

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
r: Bollettino, 23 Nov 2011
d: CB, 20 Sep 2019
loc: CL, 26 Sep 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Number 5,864

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