Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast

Titular Archbishop of Lemnus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1887		Born	Liverpool, Great Britain
14 Jul 1918	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
8 Apr 1930	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
25 Apr 1933	45.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
25 Apr 1933	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urusi
10 Sep 1933	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Urusi
18 Apr 1950	62.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
15 May 1959	72.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
15 May 1959	72.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus
16 Jun 1966	79.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 32.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Richard Downey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Dobson †
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (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:
Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †

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