Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Dec 1903		Born
24 Sep 1927	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec 1948	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
7 Mar 1949	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
22 Jul 1975	71.5	Resigned	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
14 Nov 1983	79.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
William Aloysius O’Connor
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor
(born 27 Dec 1903, died 14 Nov 1983)
Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois

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 Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 34.6 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 K. 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:
Bishop Victor Herman Balke (1958)
Archbishop James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Franz † (1951)
Bishop Raymond Peter Hillinger † (1953)
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell † (1960)
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo † (1960)
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † (1965)
Bishop James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † (1966)
Bishop Victor Herman Balke (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place	Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

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Find a Grave (Grave): 182054637
WikiData: Q2039379

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 18

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