Bishop William Mahony, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Apr 1919		Born
1 Jul 1943	24.1	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
18 Jun 1947	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
6 Dec 1960	41.6	Appointed	Prefect of Ilorin, Nigeria
29 May 1969	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
1 Aug 1969	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
20 Oct 1984	65.4	Resigned	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
15 Nov 1994	75.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for William Mahony
(WikiData: Q8015049)
Bishop William Mahony S.M.A. (born 29 Apr 1919, died 15 Nov 1994) Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin

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 Derrybrien, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda
Death Place Bon Secours, Hospital, Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland
Buried Place (Original) Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

a priest for 47.4 years
a bishop for 25.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eugene O’Doherty (O’Dochartaid), O.S.A. †
Bishop of Dromore
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †
Archbishop of Kampala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu (1981)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Derrybrien, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop	Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda
Death Place	Bon Secours, Hospital, Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland
Buried Place (Original)	Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 233
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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