Bishop John Roderick MacDonald †

Deceased

Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jul 1891		Born
23 Jan 1916	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
5 Jun 1943	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
24 Aug 1943	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
7 Sep 1943	52.1	Installed	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3 Mar 1945	53.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
3 Mar 1945	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ancusa
13 Apr 1950	58.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
18 Dec 1959	68.4	Died	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

MicroData Summary
John Roderick MacDonald
Bishop John Roderick MacDonald
(born 9 Jul 1891, died 18 Dec 1959)
Bishop of Antigonish

Event Place
Birth Place Port-Hood, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Ordained Priest St. Ninian, Cathedral, Antigonish, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Ordained Bishop St. Ninian, Cathedral, Antigonish, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Death Place Antigonish, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Buried Place (Original) St. Ninian, Cemetery, Antigonish, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia

a priest for 43.9 years
a bishop for 16.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Morrison †
Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Morrison †
Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Bishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M. †
Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Joseph Neil MacNeil † (1948)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Joseph Smith † (1945)
Bishop James Michael Hill † (1946)
Bishop Alfred Bertram Leverman † (1948)
Bishop Francis Anthony Marrocco † (1956)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 60336064
WikiData: Q15999338

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 54
c1/loc: CB, 10 Apr 2019

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