Bishop William Lawrence Adrian †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1883		Born
15 Apr 1911	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Davenport, Iowa, USA
6 Feb 1936	52.8	Appointed	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
16 Apr 1936	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Sep 1969	86.3	Retired	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Sep 1969	86.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elo
13 Jan 1971	87.7	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Elo
13 Feb 1972	88.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

MicroData Summary for William Lawrence Adrian
(WikiData: Q8014356)
Bishop William Lawrence Adrian (born 16 Apr 1883, died 13 Feb 1972) Bishop Emeritus of Nashville

Event Place
Birth Place Sigourney, IA, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Death Place Nashville, Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Patrick Rohlman †
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
Bishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses † (1944)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1972
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 23
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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