Bishop William Lawrence Adrian †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1883		Born	Sigourney, IA
15 Apr 1911	28.0	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	86.4	Retired	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Sep 1969	86.4	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

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman †
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Lawrence Adrian † (1936)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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