Bernard William Cardinal Griffin †

Deceased

Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1899		Born
1 Nov 1924	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
26 May 1938	39.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appia
26 May 1938	39.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
30 Jun 1938	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Appia
18 Dec 1943	44.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
18 Jan 1944	44.9	Installed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
18 Feb 1946	46.9	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	46.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
19 Aug 1956	57.4	Died	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Bernard William Griffin
(VIAF: 24595045; WikiData: Q822784)
Bernard William Cardinal Griffin (born 21 Feb 1899, died 19 Aug 1956) Archbishop of Westminster

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Oakfield Road, Cannon Hill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest Venerable English, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Chad, Cathedral, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Death Place Winwaloe, Polzeath, Wadebridge, Cornwall, Diocese of Plymouth, England
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

a priest for 31.7 years
a bishop for 18.1 years
a cardinal for 10.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams †
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Barrett †
Bishop of Plymouth, England
Bishop William Lee †
Bishop of Clifton, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams † (1929)
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
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:
Archbishop Derek John Harford Worlock † (1944)
Bishop David Every Konstant † (1954)
Bishop James Joseph O’Brien † (1954)
Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † (1955)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Humphrey Penderell Bright † (1944)
Archbishop Joseph Masterson † (1947)
Bishop George Laurence Craven † (1947)
Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † (1948)
Archbishop George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. † (1948)
Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy † (1949)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Oakfield Road, Cannon Hill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest	Venerable English, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	St. Chad, Cathedral, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Death Place	Winwaloe, Polzeath, Wadebridge, Cornwall, Diocese of Plymouth, England
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 50
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 109, and Page 110
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 485, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,017, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,121, Ascendance

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