Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Apr 1907		Born
12 Jun 1924	17.1	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
13 Jun 1925	18.1	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
13 Jun 1928	21.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
21 Jun 1931	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 Mar 1948	40.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Mar 1948	40.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Legia
27 May 1948	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Legia
25 Nov 1950	43.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Jan 1951	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Jul 1954	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
10 Feb 1966	58.7	Died	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

MicroData Summary for William Patrick Whelan
(WikiData: Q64735276)
Archbishop William Patrick Whelan O.M.I. (born 29 Apr 1907, died 10 Feb 1966) Archbishop of Bloemfontein

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

Event Place
Birth Place Wakkerstroom, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Ordained Priest Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg
Death Place Pretoria, Archdiocese of Pretoria

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 17.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Fesseë
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Mina
Bishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Turuzi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. † (1925)
Titular Bishop of Fesseë
Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (1904)
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Bishop Charles-François Turinaz † (1873)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Bishop François Gros † (1867)
Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise
Alexis Cardinal Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Colburn Garner † (1948)
Bishop Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † (1949)
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † (1950)
Archbishop Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. † (1953)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wakkerstroom, Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal
Ordained Priest	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg
Death Place	Pretoria, Archdiocese of Pretoria

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 53

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