Bishop William Aloysius Griffin †

Deceased

Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Nov 1885		Born	Elizabeth
15 Aug 1910	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Feb 1938	52.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
1 May 1938	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
21 May 1940	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
1 Jan 1950	64.1	Died	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

a priest for 39.4 years
a bishop for 11.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Aloysius Duffy †
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Aloysius Griffin † (1938)
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Bishop James Aloysius McNulty †

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