Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1905		Born
17 Jul 1924	18.8	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
10 Jun 1928	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
11 Jul 1946	40.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
11 Jul 1946	40.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara
13 Oct 1946	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara
18 Apr 1950	44.5	Appointed	Bishop of Keta, Ghana
7 May 1953	47.6	Resigned	Bishop of Keta, Ghana
7 May 1953	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
7 Dec 1970	65.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
14 Apr 1972³	66.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph Gerald Holland
(WikiData: Q64733232)
Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland S.M.A. (born 16 Sep 1905, died 14 Apr 1972) Bishop Emeritus of Keta

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Ordained Priest St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary and Saint Anne, Cathedral, Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Death Place Our Lady of Lourdes, Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Original) Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

a priest for 43.8 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Daniel Cohalan †
Bishop of Cork
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John M. Collins, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Thala
Bishop Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Nepte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Daniel Cohalan † (1914)
Bishop of Cork
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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	Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Ordained Priest	St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary and Saint Anne, Cathedral, Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Death Place	Our Lady of Lourdes, Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Original)	Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 82
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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