Archbishop William Edward Cousins †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1902		Born
23 Apr 1927	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	46.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forma
7 Mar 1949	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forma
19 May 1952	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
18 Dec 1958	56.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 Sep 1977	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
14 Sep 1988	86.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary for William Edward Cousins
(VIAF: 650147907500279210004; WikiData: Q2578610)
Archbishop William Edward Cousins (born 20 Aug 1902, died 14 Sep 1988) Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee

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

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

a priest for 61.3 years
a bishop for 39.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Boylan †
Bishop of Rockford, Illinois
Bishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †
Bishop of Belleville, Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, 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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. † (1950)
Bishop James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † (1951)
Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry (1975)
Bishop William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. (1977)
Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.SS.R. (1978)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. † (1966)
Bishop Leo Joseph Brust † (1969)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Francis Tanner † (1965)
Archbishop Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. † (1977)
Bishop Richard John Sklba (1979)
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss † (1979)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place	Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 17
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 380, Ascendance

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