Bishop William Joseph Hafey †

Deceased

Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1888		Born	Springfield, MA
16 Jun 1914	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
6 Apr 1925	37.0	Appointed	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
24 Jun 1925	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
22 Sep 1937	49.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Sep 1937	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appia
25 Mar 1938	50.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
12 May 1954	66.1	Died	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 39.9 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Mary O’Leary †
Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Joseph Hafey † (1925)
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †
Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh †
Bishop John Michael McNamara †
Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †
Bishop Edward Peter McManaman †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1925, Number 33

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