Archbishop Anthony John Ireland

Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Apr 1957		Born
3 Aug 1986	29.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Melbourne, Australia
19 Sep 1987	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Melbourne, Australia
14 May 2021	64.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
14 May 2021	64.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carinola
31 Jul 2021	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carinola
20 Jun 2025	68.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
12 Aug 2025	68.2	Installed	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

MicroData Summary
Anthony John Ireland
Archbishop Anthony John Ireland
(born 28 Apr 1957)
Archbishop of Hobart

Event Place
Birth Place Melbourne, Archdiocese of Melbourne
Ordained Priest St. Patrick's, Cathedral, Melbourne, Archdiocese of Melbourne
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick's, Cathedral, Melbourne, Archdiocese of Melbourne

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Hobart.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Joseph Peter O’Connell †
Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little †
Archbishop of Melbourne
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli
Archbishop of Melbourne
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Terence Robert Curtin
Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi
Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet
Bishop of Sale

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (2011)
Archbishop of Melbourne
George Cardinal Pell † (1987)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little † (1973)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q106832858

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 May 2021
ob: AM, 2 Jul 2021
c2+: CB, 30 Jul 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Number 20,723
ab: Bollettino, 20 Jun 2025

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