Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C.

Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Titular Bishop of Abitinae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1944		Born
15 Sep 1969	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
26 Nov 1969	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
19 Dec 2002	58.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
19 Dec 2002	58.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
6 Jan 2003	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
23 Feb 2024	80.0	Retired	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

MicroData Summary for Brian Farrell
(VIAF: 305407254; WikiData: Q912151)
Bishop Brian Farrell L.C. (born 8 Feb 1944) Secretary Emeritus of Promoting Christian Unity

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Deacon Monticchio, Massa Lubrense, Archdiocese of Sorrento, Italy
Ordained Priest Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Raffaele Pellecchia †
Titular Archbishop of Arpi
Ordained Priest by:
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti †
Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leonardo Sandri
Titular Archbishop of Aemona
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Archbishop Donald Joseph Bolen (2010)
Fernando Cardinal Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Deacon	Monticchio, Massa Lubrense, Archdiocese of Sorrento, Italy
Ordained Priest	Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,311
c0: AM, 18 Sep 2021
r: Bollettino, 23 Feb 2024

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