Bishop John Basil Meeking †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1929		Born
19 Jul 1953	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand
30 Mar 1987	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
3 Jun 1987	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
15 Dec 1995	66.0	Resigned	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
11 Jun 2020	90.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

MicroData Summary for John Basil Meeking
(VIAF: 67900992; WikiData: Q1229608)
Bishop John Basil Meeking (born 19 Nov 1929, died 11 Jun 2020) Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch

Event Place
Birth Place Ashburton
Ordained Bishop Holy Sacrament, Cathedral, Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch
Death Place Christchurch, Hospital, Christchurch, Diocese of Error [Chri]

a priest for 66.8 years
a bishop for 33.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Michael Joyce †
Bishop of Christchurch
Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams †
Archbishop of Wellington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Magnoni †
Titular Archbishop of Boseta
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby †
Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams † (1979)
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Achelous
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Jerome Cunneen † (1992)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Barry Philip Jones † (2006)
Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. (2018)

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 106, Number 9,253
d: CB, 10 Jun 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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