Bishop William Joseph McDonald †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1904		Born
10 Jun 1928	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
1957²	52.5	Appointed	Rector of the Catholic University of America
17 Mar 1964	59.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
17 Mar 1964	59.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae
19 May 1964	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae
1967²	62.5	Resigned	Rector of the Catholic University of America
26 Jul 1967	63.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Jun 1979	74.9	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
7 Jan 1989	84.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
William Joseph McDonald
Bishop William Joseph McDonald
(born 17 Jun 1904, died 7 Jan 1989)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Mary's, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, National, Shrine, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Death Place San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Colma, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

a priest for 60.5 years
a bishop for 24.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James J. Roche †
Bishop of Ross
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward John Herrmann † (1966)
Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn † (1978)
Bishop Roland Pierre DuMaine † (1978)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Mary's, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, National, Shrine, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Death Place	San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Colma, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 12212859
VIAF: 52741462
WikiData: Q16012292

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 51

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