Bishop John Christopher O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1924		Born
29 Jun 1952	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
4 Jun 1984	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
2 Dec 1984	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
26 Apr 2002	78.3	Retired	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
22 Nov 2016	92.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone

MicroData Summary for John Christopher O’Riordan
(VIAF: 76405980; WikiData: Q788899)
Bishop John Christopher O’Riordan C.S.Sp. (born 6 Jan 1924, died 22 Nov 2016) Bishop Emeritus of Kenema

Event Place
Birth Place Effin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kenema, Diocese of Kenema

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda †
Archbishop of Freetown and Bo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis †
Archbishop of Monrovia
Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh †
Bishop of Cape Palmas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda † (1971)
Archbishop of Freetown and Bo
Archbishop Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Gabula
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Bishop Patrick Daniel Koroma † (2002)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Effin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Kenema, Diocese of Kenema

Source(s):

d: CB, 23 Nov 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
mn: CB, 13 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 91, Number 7,722

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