Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey †

Deceased

Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1881		Born
25 May 1907	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
3 Aug 1928	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
21 Sep 1928	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
16 Jun 1953	72.1	Died	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Richard Joseph Downey
(VIAF: 68584654; WikiData: Q7325267)
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey (born 5 May 1881, died 16 Jun 1953) Archbishop of Liverpool

Event Place
Birth Place Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Joseph, Seminary, Upholland, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Ordained Bishop St. Nicholas, Pro-Cathedral, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Death Place Gateacre Grange, Convent, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Christ the King, Cathedral, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 24.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Whiteside †
Bishop of Liverpool, England
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Dobson †
Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia
Bishop Francis John Vaughan †
Bishop of Menevia, Wales

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Thomas Holland † (1933)
Bishop Augustine Harris † (1942)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Bishop Henry John Poskitt † (1936)
Bishop Joseph McCormack † (1937)
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall † (1939)
Bishop Joseph Formby Halsall † (1945)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Joseph, Seminary, Upholland, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Ordained Bishop	St. Nicholas, Pro-Cathedral, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Death Place	Gateacre Grange, Convent, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Christ the King, Cathedral, Liverpool, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 61
b/c1: Arundel to Zabi, Page 83
mn: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Additions/Corrections (back)
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 410, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 476, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 563, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 622, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 849, Ascendance

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