Bishop William Francis Murphy

Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1940		Born
16 Dec 1964	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 Nov 1995	55.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 Nov 1995	55.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior
27 Dec 1995	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior
26 Jun 2001	61.1	Appointed	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
5 Sep 2001	61.3	Installed	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
9 Dec 2016	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

MicroData Summary for William Francis Murphy
(VIAF: 92241257; WikiData: Q2484862)
Bishop William Francis Murphy (born 14 May 1940) Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre

Event Place
Birth Place Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh †
Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
William Wakefield Cardinal Baum †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia
Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes
Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Francis Cardinal Law † (1973)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Henry Walsh † (2003)
Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci (2007)
Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (2012)
Bishop Robert John Brennan (2012)
Bishop Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (2000)
Bishop Walter James Edyvean † (2001)
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon † (2001)
Bishop Robert Eric Guglielmone (2009)
Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle (2013)
Bishop James Massa (2015)
Bishop Witold Mroziewski (2015)
Archbishop Richard Garth Henning (2018)
Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M. Id. (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,638
r: Bollettino, 9 Dec 2016
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022
op.loc: CB, 28 May 2024

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