Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1920		Born
15 Jun 1946	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Portland, Maine, USA
16 Nov 1970	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
16 Nov 1970	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Moglaena
25 Jan 1971	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Moglaena
16 Oct 1974	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Dec 1974	54.3	Installed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
27 Sep 1988	68.0	Retired	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
2 Apr 2002	81.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA

MicroData Summary
Edward Cornelius O’Leary
Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary
(born 21 Aug 1920, died 2 Apr 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Portland

Event Place
Birth Place Bangor, Diocese of Portland, Maine
Ordained Priest Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine
Death Place Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 31.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy †
Bishop of Portland, Maine
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Leo Gerety †
Bishop of Portland, Maine
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan †
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †
Titular Bishop of Vina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Leo Gerety † (1966)
Bishop of Portland, Maine
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † (1940)
Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. † (1972)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † (1975)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau † (1972)
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron † (1975)
Bishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. † (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5342412

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 668
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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