Bishop William Francis Murphy †

Deceased

Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Motto: Agenda Ademple

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 May 1885		Born
13 Jun 1908	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
17 Mar 1938	52.8	Appointed	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
17 May 1938	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
7 Feb 1950	64.7	Died	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
William Francis Murphy
Bishop William Francis Murphy
(born 11 May 1885, died 7 Feb 1950)
Bishop of Saginaw

Event Place
Birth Place Kalamazoo, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Saginaw, Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan
Death Place Saginaw, Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan
Buried Place (Original) Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Saginaw, Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 11.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Aloysius Duffy †
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens †
Bishop of Marquette, Michigan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney † (1926)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Allen James Babcock † (1947)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 90135810
WikiData: Q2578859

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 39
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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