- William Edward Cousins
William Edward Cousins (
August 20 ,1902 inChicago, Illinois -September 14 ,1988 inMilwaukee, Wisconsin ) was theRoman Catholic archbishop of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee fromDecember 18 ,1958 untilSeptember 17 1977 .cite web | title=Archbishop William Edward Cousins | work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcousins.html | accessdate=2007-04-19]He was ordained to the priesthood on
April 23 ,1927 in Chicago. OnDecember 17 ,1948 ,Pius XII appointed Father Cousins anauxiliary bishop of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago , and onMarch 7 ,1949 , he was ordained a bishop.On
May 21 ,1952 , Pope Pius XII appointed Father Cousins as the fourth Bishop of theDiocese of Peoria . [http://www.cdop.org/pages/AHistoryCousins.aspx] OnDecember 18 ,1958 ,Pope John XXIII appointed Bishop Cousins as the eighth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee where he remained until his retirement onSeptember 17 ,1977 .cite web | title=Archbishop William Edward Cousins | work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcousins.html | accessdate=2007-04-19] [http://www.archmil.org/bishops/BishopCousins.asp]References
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