Bishop Owen John Dolan †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand

Motto: Seek The Mind Of Christ

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1928		Born
21 Jul 1954	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand
6 Mar 1980	51.4	Incardinated	Priest of Palmerston North, New Zealand
2 Nov 1995	67.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
10 Dec 1995	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
30 Sep 2004	76.0	Retired	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
28 Apr 2025	96.5	Died	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Owen John Dolan
Bishop Owen John Dolan
(born 30 Sep 1928, died 28 Apr 2025)
Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North

Event Place
Birth Place Hāwera, Archdiocese of Wellington
Ordained Priest Hāwera, Archdiocese of Wellington
Ordained Bishop Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Palmerston North, Diocese of Palmerston North
Death Place Hospital, Palmerston North, Diocese of Palmerston North

a priest for 70.7 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry †
Archbishop of Wellington
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter James Cullinane
Bishop of Palmerston North
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams †
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Denis George Browne †
Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter James Cullinane (1980)
Bishop of Palmerston North
Archbishop Thomas Stafford Williams † (1979)
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Achelous
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q516684

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,672
d: CB, 28 Apr 2025

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