Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Dec 1903		Born	Chicago
24 Sep 1927	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	45.0	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
7 Mar 1949	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
22 Jul 1975	71.6	Resigned	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
14 Nov 1983	79.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

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

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Principal Consecrator:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Boylan †
Bishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor † (1949)
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Franz †
Bishop Raymond Peter Hillinger †
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell †
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette †
Bishop James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †
Bishop Victor Herman Balke

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1949, Number 18

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