Bishop William Richard Griffin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Titular Bishop of Lydda

Motto: In Omnibus Christus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1882		Born
25 May 1907	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 Mar 1935	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
9 Mar 1935	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lydda
1 May 1935	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lydda
18 Mar 1944	61.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary
William Richard Griffin
Bishop William Richard Griffin
(born 1 Sep 1882, died 18 Mar 1944)
Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried Place (Original) Calvary Catholic, Cemetery, Evanston, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

a priest for 36.8 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Edward Quigley †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann †
Titular Bishop of Sita
Bishop William David O’Brien †
Titular Bishop of Calynda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George William Cardinal Mundelein † (1909)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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:
Bishop Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. † (1936)
Bishop George Albert Hammes † (1937)
Bishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich † (1941)
Bishop John Joseph Paul † (1943)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Aloisius Joseph Cardinal Muench † (1935)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 110309247
WikiData: Q8017524

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 32
c1: CB, 17 May 2022
by: CB, 22 Aug 2026

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