Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey

Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

Apostolic Administrator of Broome

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1952		Born
31 Jan 1981	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Geraldton, Australia
15 May 2017	64.6	Appointed	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
28 Jun 2017	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
28 Aug 2021	68.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia
4 Dec 2024	72.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia

MicroData Summary
Michael Henry Morrissey
Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey
(born 9 Sep 1952)
Bishop of Geraldton

Ad Limina - June 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place St. John of God, Hospital, Geraldton, Diocese of Geraldton
Ordained Priest St. Francis Xavier, Cathedral, Geraldton, Diocese of Geraldton
Ordained Bishop Nagle Catholic, College, Geraldton, Diocese of Geraldton

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Geraldton.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas †
Bishop of Geraldton
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Perth
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Barry James Hickey
Archbishop Emeritus of Perth
Bishop Justin Joseph Bianchini
Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (2007)
Archbishop of Perth
Archbishop Denis James Hart (1997)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop George Pell † (1987)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little † (1973)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q29948859

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 May 2017
bp/ob/c1+/mn: CB, 15 May 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Number 19,454
ab: Bollettino, 28 Aug 2021

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