Bishop Christopher Jones †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1936		Born
17 Jun 1962	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Elphin, Ireland
24 May 1994	58.2	Appointed	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
15 Aug 1994	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
14 May 2014	78.1	Retired	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
18 May 2018	82.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Christopher Jones
(WikiData: Q1086779)
Bishop Christopher Jones (born 3 Mar 1936, died 18 May 2018) Bishop Emeritus of Elphin

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Roscommon
Ordained Bishop Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Sligo
Death Place Sligo

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 23.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cassidy †
Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam
Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan †
Bishop of Killala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emanuele Gerada † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Bishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Kevin Peter Doran (2014)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,359
r: Bollettino, 14 May 2014
d: CB, 18 May 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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