Bishop William Joseph Hafey †

Deceased

Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1888		Born	Chicopec, MA
16 Jun 1914	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
6 Apr 1925	37.0	Appointed	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
24 Jun 1925	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
2 Oct 1937	49.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Oct 1937	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appia
25 Mar 1938	50.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
12 May 1954	66.1	Died	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 39.9 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary †
Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Joseph Hafey † (1925)
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †
Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh †
Bishop John Michael McNamara †
Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †
Bishop Edward Peter McManaman †

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