Bishop George Laurence Craven †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1884		Born
29 Jun 1912	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain
14 Jun 1947	63.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
14 Jun 1947	63.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
25 Jul 1947	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
15 Mar 1967	83.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for George Laurence Craven
(VIAF: 304917044; WikiData: Q42211012)
Bishop George Laurence Craven (born 1 Feb 1884, died 15 Mar 1967) Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Diocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Bishop Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Death Place St. James, Spanish Place, Church, Marylebone, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, St. Edmund, College, Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

a priest for 54.7 years
a bishop for 19.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernard William Cardinal Griffin †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Myers †
Titular Bishop of Lamus
Bishop John Henry King †
Bishop of Portsmouth, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard William Cardinal Griffin † (1938)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams † (1929)
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. † (1949)
Bishop David John Cashman † (1958)
Bishop William Gordon Wheeler † (1964)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Diocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest	Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Bishop	Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Death Place	St. James, Spanish Place, Church, Marylebone, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, St. Edmund, College, Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 76
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 75
dp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Additions/Corrections (back)
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 43, Number 2,854

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