Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

Titular Bishop of Amastris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1866		Born
8 Dec 1879	13.5	Entered	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
8 Oct 1889	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
15 Aug 1890	24.2	First Vows	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
27 Aug 1893	27.3	Final Vows	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
14 Sep 1903	37.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
14 Sep 1903	37.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amastris
28 Oct 1903	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amastris
23 Sep 1932	66.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
13 Apr 1935	68.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

MicroData Summary for John Joseph O’Gorman
(WikiData: Q64657893)
Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman C.S.Sp. (born 8 May 1866, died 13 Apr 1935) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

Event Place
Birth Place Hacketstown, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Ordained Priest Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place Fribourg, Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Raphanea
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Francis Regis Canevin †
Titular Bishop of Sabrata
Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast †
Titular Bishop of Scilium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick John Ryan † (1872)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. † (1919)
Archbishop James Leen, C.S.Sp. † (1925)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hacketstown, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Ordained Priest	Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place	Fribourg, Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1933
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1936
op/ob: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 50
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1903, Number 50
ente/c1/b: CB, 10 Jul 2022

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