Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1930		Born
20 Dec 1959	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand
30 Oct 1979	49.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
20 Dec 1979	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
2 Feb 1983	52.8	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Feb 1983	52.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti
1 Jun 1995	65.1	Appointed	Bishop of New Zealand, Military
21 Mar 2005	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
1 Apr 2005	75.0	Retired	Bishop of New Zealand, Military
22 Dec 2023	93.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

MicroData Summary for Thomas Stafford Williams
(VIAF: 4627139; WikiData: Q536628)
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams (born 20 Mar 1930, died 22 Dec 2023) Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington

Consistory - 1983: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Wellington, Archdiocese of Wellington
Ordained Bishop St Mary of the Angels, Church, Wellington, Archdiocese of Wellington
Death Place Waikanae, Archdiocese of Wellington
Buried Place (Original) Karori, Cemetery, Karori, Archdiocese of Wellington

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 44.0 years
a cardinal for 40.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden †
Titular Bishop of Achelous
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Kavanagh †
Bishop of Dunedin
Archbishop Petero Mataca †
Archbishop of Suva, Fiji

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Achelous
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter James Cullinane (1980)
Bishop John Basil Meeking † (1987)
John Atcherley Cardinal Dew (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. † (1982)
Bishop Leonard Anthony Boyle † (1983)
Bishop Denis William Hanrahan † (1984)
Bishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. † (1988)
Bishop John Jerome Cunneen † (1992)
Bishop Patrick James Dunn (1994)
Bishop Owen John Dolan (1995)
Bishop Stuart France O’Connell, S.M. † (1997)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,554
d: CB, 22 Dec 2023

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