Bishop William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1909		Born
1928²	18.9	Professed	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
11 Jun 1933	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
26 Jan 1951	41.9	Appointed	Prefect of Taichung, Taiwan
16 Apr 1962	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Taichung, Taiwan
25 Jul 1962	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Taichung, Taiwan
25 Jun 1986	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Taichung, Taiwan
2 Jan 1998	88.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for William Francis Kupfer
(WikiData: Q14395499)
Bishop William Francis Kupfer M.M. (born 28 Jan 1909, died 2 Jan 1998) Bishop Emeritus of Taichung

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Brooklyn, NY, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ordained Priest Maryknoll, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Bishop Queen of the Apostles, Chapel, Maryknoll, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Death Place Valhalla, NY

a priest for 64.5 years
a bishop for 35.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Dunn †
Titular Bishop of Camuliana
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John William Comber, M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Foratiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Walter William Curtis †
Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bishop John Joseph Maguire †
Titular Bishop of Antiphrae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John William Comber, M.M. † (1959)
Titular Bishop of Foratiana
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 104
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 13 Jan 2020
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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