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John J. Reddington

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John Joseph Reddington
SMA
Bishop of Jos
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Jos
In office 10 April 1954 – 3 July 1974
Predecessor William Lumley
Successor Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
Orders
Ordination 10 June 1934
by Edward Mulhern
Consecration 29 June 1954
by Joseph Walsh
Personal details
Born 26 June 1910
Curraghboy, County Roscommon, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 3 October 1994 (aged 84)
Raheny, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

John Joseph Reddington (born 1910 in Curraghboy) was an Irish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jos.

Reddington was received as a member of the Society of African Missions on 2 July 1930 and ordained a priest in St. Colman's Cathedral, Newry, by Bishop Edward Mulhern of Dromore diocese, on 10 June 1934.[1]

He was appointed Bishop of Jos in 1954, a post he resigned in 1974.[2]

From November 1974 until June 1975 Reddington was the chaplain at St. Bernard's Priory, Warton, in England. In December 1975, suffering from diabetes, he retired to the Sacred Heart nursing home in Raheny, Dublin, where he died in 1994.[1]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Monseigneur John REDDINGTON". defunts.smainternational.info. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. Back to citation "Bishop John J. Reddington [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.