Bishop John Kirby

Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1938		Born
23 Jun 1963	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clonfert, Ireland
18 Feb 1988	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
9 Apr 1988	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
16 Jul 2019	80.7	Retired	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

MicroData Summary
John Kirby
Bishop John Kirby
(born 29 Oct 1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Athlone
Ordained Priest St. Patrick`s College, Maynooth, Diocese of Clonfert
Ordained Bishop S. Brendan, Cathedral, Loughrea

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Clonfert.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cassidy †
Archbishop of Tuam
Bishop William J. Philbin †
Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Gerard Duignan (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney † (2000)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 34206545
WikiData: Q1700713

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Number 9,620
r: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2019
opd/loc: CB, 27 Aug 2024

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