William Cardinal Godfrey †

Deceased

Archbishop of Westminster, England

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Sep 1889		Born	Liverpool
28 Oct 1916	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
21 Nov 1938	49.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cius
21 Nov 1938	49.2	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
21 Dec 1938	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Cius
1943	53.3	Appointed	Official to Poland
10 Nov 1953	64.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
3 Dec 1956	67.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
15 Dec 1958	69.2	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Dec 1958	69.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
22 Jan 1963	73.3	Died	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Consistory - 1958: Created Cardinal

a priest for 46.2 years
a bishop for 24.1 years
a cardinal for 4.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Luigi Cardinal Traglia †
Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William Cardinal Godfrey † (1938)
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)
Father Carlo 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 †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Edward Flynn †
Bishop Thomas Leo Parker †
Bishop Daniel Joseph Hannon †
Bishop Edward Ellis †
Archbishop James Donald Scanlan †
Bishop George Brunner †
Bishop John Edward Petit †
Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy †
Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †
Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. †
Bishop Thomas Bernard Pearson †
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray †
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan †
Bishop Joseph Michael McGee †
Bishop David John Cashman †

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