Bishop William Michael Cosgrove †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1916		Born	Canton
18 Dec 1943	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Jun 1968	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Jun 1968	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
3 Sep 1968	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
30 Aug 1976	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
28 Oct 1976	59.9	Installed	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
19 May 1981	64.5	Resigned	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
11 Dec 1992	76.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

a priest for 49.0 years
a bishop for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Francis Whealon †
Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann † (1954)
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter † (1931)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanley Girard Schlarman (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller † (1974)
Bishop William Anthony Hughes † (1974)
Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec (1982)
Archbishop James Patrick Keleher (1984)

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 116
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133

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