Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bloemfontein

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Apr 1907		Born	Wakkerstroom
21 Jun 1931	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 Mar 1948	40.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Mar 1948	40.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Legia
27 May 1948	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Legia
25 Nov 1950	43.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Jan 1951	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Jul 1954	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
10 Jan 1966	58.7	Died	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 17.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop David O'Leary, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. † (1948)
Bishop David O'Leary, O.M.I. † (1925)
Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (1904)
Archbishop Charles-François Turinaz † (1873)
Bishop François Gros † (1867)
Alexis Cardinal Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro † (1784)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
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:
Archbishop John Colburn Garner †
Bishop John Riegler, M.C.C.I. †
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †
Archbishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. †

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