Bishop William Turner †

Deceased

Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1844		Born
26 Apr 1868	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Jun 1893	48.5	Appointed	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Jul 1893	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Jan 1914	69.1	Died	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary
William Turner
Bishop William Turner
(born 12 Dec 1844, died 19 Jan 1914)
Bishop of Galloway

Event Place
Birth Place Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Andrew, Pro-Cathedral, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Diocese of Galloway, Scotland
Death Place Bishop's House, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Diocese of Galloway, Scotland
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Diocese of Galloway, Scotland

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Angus MacDonald †
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh MacDonald, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland
Bishop James Augustine Smith †
Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland
Bishop George John Smith †
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Angus MacDonald † (1878)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Archbishop Charles Petre Eyre † (1869)
Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach † (1836)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Aloysius Maguire † (1894)
Bishop Aeneas Chisholm † (1899)
Bishop Angus MacFarlane † (1901)
Archbishop Donald Aloysius Mackintosh † (1912)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q8019579

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 178
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1893, Number 50
loc: CL, 27 Mar 2018

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