Bernard William Cardinal Griffin †

Deceased

Archbishop of Westminster, England

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1899		Born	Birmingham
1 Nov 1924	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
26 May 1938	39.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appia
26 May 1938	39.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
30 Jun 1938	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Appia
18 Dec 1943	44.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
18 Feb 1946	47.0	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	47.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
19 Aug 1956	57.5	Died	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal

a priest for 31.8 years
a bishop for 18.1 years
a cardinal for 10.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Barrett †
Bishop William Lee †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard William Cardinal Griffin † (1938)
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams † (1929)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Humphrey Bright †
Archbishop Joseph Masterson †
Bishop George Laurence Craven †
Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †
Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. †
Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy †

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