Bishop William Edwin Franklin

Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1930		Born	Parnell
4 Feb 1956	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
29 Jan 1987	56.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
29 Jan 1987	56.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Surista
1 Apr 1987	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Surista
12 Nov 1993	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
20 Jan 1994	63.7	Installed	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
12 Oct 2006	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Davenport.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne †
Bishop Francis John Dunn †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Edwin Franklin (1987)
Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. (1977)
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † (1965)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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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