Bishop Alan Stephen Williams, S.M.

Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain

Motto: Sub Tuum Præsidium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1951		Born
8 Sep 1976	25.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Society of Mary
30 Apr 1983	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
14 Apr 2014	63.0	Appointed	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
1 Jul 2014	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary
Alan Stephen Williams
Bishop Alan Stephen Williams S.M.
(born 15 Mar 1951)
Bishop of Brentwood

Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Oldham, Lancashire, Diocese of Salford, England
Ordained Priest St. Anne, Church, Whitechapel, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Bishop SS. Mary and Helen, Cathedral, Brentwood, Essex, Diocese of Brentwood, England

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Brentwood.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Consecrator:
Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas McMahon †
Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood, England
Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M.
Bishop of Menevia, Wales

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols (1992)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 85242355
WikiData: Q16326831

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Apr 2014
ob/bp: CB, 14 Apr 2014
ob/c2: CB, 21 Jun 2014
c34: CB, 26 Jun 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,197
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
ob.loc: CL, 5 Apr 2018
op.loc: CL, 20 Mar 2019
mn: CL, 20 Aug 2022

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