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Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1905	Born
22 Jun 1930	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Achonry, Ireland
1932²	26.0	Entered	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
10 Nov 1939	33.8	Appointed	Prefect of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Jan 1955	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
22 May 1955	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Mar 1973	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
19 Feb 1983	77.1	Retired	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
17 Dec 1988	82.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Thomas McGettrick
(VIAF: 311781617; WikiData: Q63969531)
Bishop Thomas McGettrick S.P.S. (born 22 Dec 1905, died 17 Dec 1988) Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 58.4 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
- Bishop Daniel Mageean †
  Bishop of Down and Connor
Principal Consecrator:
- John Francis Cardinal D’Alton †
  Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop James Fergus †
  Bishop of Achonry
- Bishop Thomas Keogh †
  Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Michael Nnachi Okoro (1965)
Principal Consecrator of:
- Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro (1977)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations ƒmpiscopales, Year 1955, Number 35
opd/ente: CB, 22 Jun 2017
c1: CB, 23 Jun 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,263

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