Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

Titular Archbishop of Lemnus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1887		Born
14 Jul 1918	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
8 Apr 1930	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
25 Apr 1933	45.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
25 Apr 1933	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urusi
10 Sep 1933	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Urusi
18 Apr 1950	62.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
15 May 1959	72.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
15 May 1959	72.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus
16 Jun 1966	79.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

MicroData Summary for William Thomas Porter
Archbishop William Thomas Porter S.M.A. (born 14 May 1887, died 16 Jun 1966) Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Liverpool, Great Britain

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 32.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey †
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Dobson †
Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † (1946)
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Liverpool, Great Britain

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1,933, Number 59
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 476, Ascendance

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