Bishop William Richard Griffin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Titular Bishop of Lydda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1883		Born	Chicago
25 May 1907	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Mar 1935	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
9 Mar 1935	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lydda
1 May 1935	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lydda
18 Mar 1944	60.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

a priest for 36.8 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann †
Bishop William David O’Brien †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Richard Griffin † (1935)
George William Cardinal Mundelein † (1909)
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Joseph Paul †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1935, Number 32

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