Bishop William John Brennan

Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Feb 1938		Born	Arncliffe
21 Dec 1960	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
16 Jan 1984	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
1 Mar 1984	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
5 Feb 2002	64.0	Resigned	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Wagga Wagga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Principal Consecrator:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Barbarito
Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William John Brennan (1984)
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy (1974)
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman † (1957)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2011, Page 791

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