Archbishop William Edward Cousins †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1902		Born	Chicago
23 Apr 1927	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	46.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forma
7 Mar 1949	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forma
21 May 1952	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
18 Dec 1958	56.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 Sep 1977	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
14 Sep 1988	86.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

a priest for 61.4 years
a bishop for 39.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Principal Consecrator:
Samual Alphonsius Cardinal Stritch †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Boylan †
Bishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Edward Cousins † (1949)
Samual Alphonsius Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Leo Joseph Brust †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Francis Tanner †
Archbishop Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.
Bishop Richard John Sklba
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss

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