Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Sep 1911		Born
24 Jul 1933	21.8	Entered	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
18 Mar 1937	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
29 Jan 1954	42.3	Appointed	Prefect of Eldoret, Kenya
19 Jul 1960	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
20 Nov 1960	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
19 Oct 1970	59.0	Resigned	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
19 Oct 1970	59.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chunavia
24 Apr 1971	59.5	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Chunavia
2 Dec 1975	64.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya

MicroData Summary for Joseph Brendan Houlihan
(WikiData: Q64708518)
Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan S.P.S. (born 25 Sep 1911, died 2 Dec 1975) Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret

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

Event Place
Birth Place Ballyferriter, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Loreto, Convent, Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 15.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Keogh †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Maurice Michael Otunga †
Bishop of Kisii
Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Fulton John Sheen † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
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	Ballyferriter, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Loreto, Convent, Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 118
op: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1975, Page 172
ente/c1: CB, 22 Jun 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 704

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