Bishop William Benedict Friend

Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Oct 1931		Born	Miami, FL
7 May 1959	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA
31 Aug 1979	47.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
31 Aug 1979	47.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
30 Oct 1979	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
17 Nov 1982	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
11 Jan 1983	51.2	Installed	Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
16 Jun 1986	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
30 Jul 1986	54.8	Installed	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
20 Dec 2006	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Shreveport.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Lawrence May †
Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Benedict Friend (1979)
Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan (1956)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb
Archbishop John Clement Favalora

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