Bishop William Richard Field [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Sat Jul 06 1907

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1907		Born
2 Jul 1930	22.9	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
10 Jun 1934	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
2 Jul 1939	31.9	Professed	Priest of Society of African Missions
16 Jan 1958	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
27 Apr 1958	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
31 May 1976	68.9	Resigned	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
3 Feb 1988	80.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for William Richard Field
(WikiData: Q28089405)
Bishop William Richard Field S.M.A. (born 6 Jul 1907, died 3 Feb 1988) Bishop Emeritus of Ondo

• 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	Skull Skibbereen, West Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop	College Saint Thomas Aquinas, Akure, Diocese of Ondo
Death Place	SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland
Buried Place (Original)	Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

a priest for 53.6 years a bishop for 29.7 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Edward Mulhern † Bishop of Dromore Principal Consecrator: Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Bishop of Benin City Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. † Bishop of Jos Bishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kaduna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (1940) Bishop of Benin City Bishop John Dignan † (1924) Bishop of Clonfert Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John Healy † (1884) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John MacHale † (1825) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809) Archbishop of Dublin Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777) Archbishop of Dublin Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775) Titular Archbishop of Hemesa 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 Consecrator of: Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun (1971) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (1974)

Source(s):

• c2+: CB
• b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 27
• b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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