Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1848		Born
1870²	21.5	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1871²	22.5	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
20 Dec 1873	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
12 Oct 1912	64.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Transvaal, South Africa
15 Jul 1914	66.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa
15 Jul 1914	66.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dioclea
28 Oct 1914	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dioclea
14 Jul 1924	76.1	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa
9 Mar 1936	87.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Charles Cox
(WikiData: Q64707882)
Bishop Charles Cox O.M.I. (born 29 May 1848, died 9 Mar 1936) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal

Event Place
Birth Place Birkenhead, Cheshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Priest Carlow, County Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Death Place Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Buried Place (Original) Braamfontein, Cemetery, Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 21.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Rooney †
Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis
Bishop Hugh McSherry †
Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (1904)
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Bishop Charles-François Turinaz † (1873)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Bishop François Gros † (1867)
Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise
Alexis Cardinal Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. † (1925)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Birkenhead, Cheshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Priest	Carlow, County Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Death Place	Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Buried Place (Original)	Braamfontein, Cemetery, Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 55
loc: CL, 1 Apr 2023
loc: CL, 8 Apr 2023
aadm: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 4, Page 668

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