Bishop William Michael Cosgrove †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1916		Born	Canton
18 Dec 1943	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Jun 1968	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Jun 1968	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
3 Sep 1968	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
30 Aug 1976	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
28 Oct 1976	59.9	Installed	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
19 May 1981	64.5	Resigned	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
11 Dec 1992	76.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

a priest for 49.0 years
a bishop for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Francis Whealon †
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Michael Cosgrove † (1968)
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann † (1954)
Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter † (1931)
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanley Girard Schlarman
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller
Bishop William Anthony Hughes
Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec
Archbishop James Patrick Keleher

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