Bishop William Stang †

Deceased

Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1854		Born
15 Jun 1878	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
12 Mar 1904	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
1 May 1904	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
2 Feb 1907	52.7	Died	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
William Stang
Bishop William Stang
(born 21 Apr 1854, died 2 Feb 1907)
Bishop of Fall River

Event Place
Birth Place Langenbrucken, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Ordained Priest Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Death Place Rochester, MN
Buried Place (Original) Bishops Crypt, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

a priest for 28.6 years
a bishop for 2.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Victor-Auguste-Isidore Cardinal Dechamps, C.Ss.R. †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Matthew A. Harkins †
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Tierney †
Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Bishop John Brady †
Titular Bishop of Alabanda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthew A. Harkins † (1887)
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island
Archbishop John Joseph Williams † (1866)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph John Fox † (1904)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/304428
VIAF: 78347827
WikiData: Q98073

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1904, Number 23
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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