Bishop William Robert Johnson †

Deceased

Bishop of Orange in California, USA

Motto: Caritas Christi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1918		Born
28 May 1944	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Feb 1971	52.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
19 Feb 1971	52.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Blera
25 Mar 1971	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Blera
24 Mar 1976	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
28 Jul 1986	67.6	Died	Bishop of Orange in California, USA

MicroData Summary
William Robert Johnson
Bishop William Robert Johnson
(born 19 Nov 1918, died 28 Jul 1986)
Bishop of Orange in California

Event Place
Birth Place Tonopah, NV, Diocese of Salt Lake, Utah
Ordained Priest Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Bishop St. Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Death Place Orange, Diocese of Orange in California

a priest for 42.1 years
a bishop for 15.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Timothy Finbar Manning †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Bishop Alden John Bell †
Bishop of Sacramento, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Timothy Finbar Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Jaime Soto (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (1975)
Bishop John Thomas Steinbock † (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q8017629

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 116
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 719
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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