Bishop William Turner †

Deceased

Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

Motto: Dominus Regit Me

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1871		Born
13 Aug 1893	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
10 Mar 1919	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
30 Mar 1919	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
10 Jul 1936	65.2	Died	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
William Turner
Bishop William Turner
(born 8 Apr 1871, died 10 Jul 1936)
Bishop of Buffalo

Event Place
Birth Place Ardkilmartin (near Kilmallock), Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Mount Saint Sepulchre, Monastery, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Original) Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Kenmore, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 17.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell †
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Bishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Father Julius Edward Dillon, O.F.M. † (1929)
Bishop James Johnston Navagh † (1929)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joseph McMahon † (1928)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Barry † (1922)
Bishop Daniel Joseph Curley † (1923)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 10705015
VIAF: 122099356
WikiData: Q8019578

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 19
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 95
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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