Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part VI)

John Cardinal D'Alton

Birth

October 11, 1882, Claremorris, Ireland.

Education

Holy Cross College, Cloniffe; The Royal University, Dublin; Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," Rome; University of Oxford, Oxford; Cambridge University, Cambridge; National University, Dublin.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, April 18, 1908. Further studies, 1908-1910. Faculty member of the National Seminary, Maynooth, 1910-1942; rector, 1936-1942. Member of the academic senate; and vice-chancellor, National University, Dublin, 1912-1924. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, June 27, 1938.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Binda and appointed auxiliary of Meath, with right of succession, April 25, 1942. Consecrated, June 29, 1942, chapel of Saint Patrick`s College, Maynooth, by Cardinal Joseph MacRory, archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, assisted by Edward Mulhern, bishop of Dromore, and by William MacNeely, bishop of Raphoe. Transferred to the see of Meath, June 16, 1943. Promoted to the primatial and metropolitan see of Armagh, June 13, 1946.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 12, 1953; received the red hat and the title of S. Agata dei Goti, deaconry elevated pro illa vice to title, January 15, 1953. Participated in the conclave of 1958. Attended the first session of the Second Vatican Council, 1962.

Death

February 1, 1963, Dublin. Buried, grounds of St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, Armagh.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part V)

Joseph Cardinal MacRory

Birth

March 19, 1861, Ballygawley.

Education

Saint Patrick's College, Armagh; St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, September 13, 1885, Maynooth. First president of Dungannon Academy, 1886-1887. Faculty member of Oscott College, 1887-1889. Faculty member of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1889-1915; vice-president, 1912-1915. One of the founders of The Irish Theological Quarterly, 1906.

Episcopal Career

Elected bishop of Down and Connor, August 9, 1915. Consecrated, November 14, 1915, by Cardinal Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh. Promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Armagh, June 22, 1928.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 16, 1929; received the red hat and the title of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, December 19, 1929. Participated in the conclave of 1939.

Death

October 13, 1945, Armagh. Buried in St. Patrick's cemetery, Armagh.

The sacrament of charity

Sacramentum Caritatis, the post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI on the Eucharist, the source and summit of the Church's life and mission was released earlier today.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part IV)

Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell

Birth

November 28, 1856, Glenties, Co. Donegal.

Education

Old Diocesan Seminary, Letterkenny. Saint Patrick's Seminary, Maynooth.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, 1880, Maynooth. Professor of dogmatic and moral theology, Saint Patrick's Seminary, Maynnoth, 1881-1888. Prefect of Dunboyne (Postgraduate) Establishment, 1884-1888.

Episcopal Career

Elected bishop of Raphoe, February 26, 1888. Consecrated, March 25, 1888, pro-cathedral of Raphoe, Letterkenny, by Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh, assisted by Francis Kelly, bishop of Derry, and by Patrick McAllister, bishop of Downs and Coonor. Member of the Irish Convention, 1917-1918. Promoted to the titular archbishop of Attalia and appointed coadjutor of Armagh, with right of succession, January 14, 1922. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Armagh, and primate of All Ireland, November 19, 1924.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 14, 1925; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria della Pace, December 17, 1925. Papal legate to the Irish Plenary Council, Maynooth, June 27, 1927.

Death

October 22, 1927, Carlingford, Co. Louth. Buried, St. Patrick's cemetery, Armagh.

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