Bishop Donald J. Herlihy †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1908		Born
4 Apr 1931	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Oct 1964	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
15 Nov 1964	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
2 Apr 1983	74.3	Died	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Donald J. Herlihy
Bishop Donald J. Herlihy
(born 29 Nov 1908, died 2 Apr 1983)
Bishop of Ferns

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

Event Place
Birth Place Knocknagree, Diocese of Kerry
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Bishop Denis J. Moynihan †
Bishop of Kerry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Lennon † (1966)
Bishop James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. † (1967)
Bishop Eamon Casey † (1969)
Archbishop Thomas Anthony White † (1978)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315680014
WikiData: Q1239646

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 107
op.loc: CB, 23 May 2025
c1: CB, 24 May 2025

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