 During his episcopate, Moran consecrated 14 bishops (he was the principal consecrator of [[William Walsh (archbishop of Dublin)|William Walsh]], [[Michael Verdon]], [[Patrick Vincent Dwyer]], [[Armand Olier]] and also assisted in consecrating [[Patrick Clune]], among others).He ordained nearly 500 priests, dedicated more than 5,000 churches and professed more than 500 nuns.He made five journeys to Rome on church business between 1885 and 1903, but did not participate in the [[Papal conclave, 1903|papal conclave of 1903]] because of the relatively short notice and the distance, making it impossible for him to reach Rome within 10 days of the death of Pope Leo.