Bishop William Edwin Franklin †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

Motto: Faith Hope Love

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1930		Born
4 Feb 1956	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
29 Jan 1987	56.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
29 Jan 1987	56.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Surista
1 Apr 1987	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Surista
12 Nov 1993	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
20 Jan 1994	63.7	Installed	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
12 Oct 2006	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
10 Apr 2026	95.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA

MicroData Summary
William Edwin Franklin
Bishop William Edwin Franklin
(born 3 May 1930, died 10 Apr 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Davenport

Event Place
Birth Place Parnell
Ordained Bishop Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Buried Place (Original) Priests Circle, Mount Calvary, Cemetery, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa

a priest for 70.1 years
a bishop for 39.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Leo Binz †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne †
Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa
Bishop Francis John Dunn †
Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. † (1977)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † (1965)
Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (1994)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Hennen (2004)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Parnell
Ordained Bishop	Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place	Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Buried Place (Original)	Priests Circle, Mount Calvary, Cemetery, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2546515

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 12 Oct 2006
i/dave: Website of the Diocese, 18 Aug 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 103, Number 8,968
d: CB, 11 Apr 2026

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