Bishop William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.

Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Motto: Adoramus Te Christe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1950		Born
11 Aug 1970	20.1	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
30 Apr 1977	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
30 Oct 2007	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
30 Oct 2007	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lares
21 Dec 2007	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lares
11 Jun 2010	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
11 Aug 2010	60.1	Installed	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
19 Mar 2024	73.7	Resigned	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary
William Patrick Callahan
Bishop William Patrick Callahan O.F.M. Conv.
(born 17 Jun 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse

Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest Saint Josaphat, Basilica, Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop Saint John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of La Crosse.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop William Edward Cousins †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard John Sklba †
Titular Bishop of Castro di Puglia
Archbishop John Joseph Myers †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan (2001)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Herman Flock (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest	Saint Josaphat, Basilica, Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop	Saint John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1464251

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 30 Oct 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Number 15,582
ab: Bollettino, 11 Jun 2010
op.loc: CB, 4 Nov 2022
r: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2024

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠