Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy

Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1968		Born
14 Aug 1999	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wagga Wagga, Australia
7 Dec 2011	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
9 Feb 2012	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
1 Dec 2012	44.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
5 Jul 2014	46.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
2 Feb 2023	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
17 Mar 2023	54.8	Installed	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

MicroData Summary
Michael Robert Kennedy
Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy
(born 13 May 1968)
Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle

Ad Limina - June 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wagga Wagga, Diocese of Wagga Wagga
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary and Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Armidale, Diocese of Armidale

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luc Julian Matthys †
Bishop Emeritus of Armidale
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna
Bishop of Wagga Wagga
George Cardinal Pell †
Archbishop of Sydney

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luc Julian Matthys † (1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Armidale
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy † (1974)
Archbishop of Sydney
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman † (1957)
Archbishop of Sydney
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E. (2014)
Bishop Peter Mel Murphy (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1929043

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 11 Jan 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,254
ab: CB, 17 Dec 2012
ab: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2023
i: CB, 16 Mar 2023

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