Bishop William O’Higgins (O’h-Aodhagain) †

Deceased

Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1794		Born
20 Sep 1817	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
2 Oct 1829	35.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
30 Nov 1829	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
3 Jan 1853	58.4	Died	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

MicroData Summary for William O’Higgins (O’h-Aodhagain)
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Bishop William O’Higgins (O’h-Aodhagain) (born 1 Aug 1794, died 3 Jan 1853) Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Event Place
Birth Place Barragh, County Longford, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Ordained Bishop Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Death Place Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Buried Place (Original) Chapel, Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Buried Place (Current) Cathedral, Longford, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

a priest for 35.2 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Murray †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Crolly †
Bishop of Down and Connor
Bishop Thomas Kelly †
Bishop of Dromore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Niccola Candoni † (1837)
Bishop Etienne (Stefano) Missir † (1837)
Bishop Charles McNally † (1843)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barragh, County Longford, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Ordained Bishop	Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Death Place	Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Buried Place (Original)	Chapel, Ballymahon, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Buried Place (Current)	Cathedral, Longford, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1851
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 86
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1829, Number 48
b/op: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 38, Number 2,322

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