William Turner (Bishop, 1871)
William Turner (born April 8, 1871 in Kilmallock , County Limerick , Ireland , † July 10, 1936 in Buffalo , USA ) was Bishop of Buffalo .
Life
William Turner attended Mungret College in Limerick . Turner studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Royal University of Ireland and the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome . He received on August 13, 1893 sacrament of Holy Orders .
In 1894, William Turner became a professor at St. Paul's Seminary in Saint Paul , Minnesota . He then worked as a professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC .
On March 10, 1919 Pope Benedict XV appointed him . to the Bishop of Buffalo. The Archbishop of Baltimore , James Gibbons , ordained him episcopal on March 30 of that year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Richmond , Denis Joseph O'Connell , and the Bishop of Saint Augustine , Michael Joseph Curley .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Denis Joseph Dougherty |
Bishop of Buffalo 1919–1936 |
John Aloysius Duffy |
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| SURNAME | Turner, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish clergyman, Bishop of Buffalo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kilmallock , County Limerick , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1936 |
| Place of death | Buffalo , USA |