Aloysius Joseph Willinger
| Styles of Aloysius Joseph Willinger | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. (April 19, 1886—July 25, 1973) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Ponce from 1929 to 1946, and Bishop of Monterey-Fresno from 1953 to 1967.[1]
Biography
Willinger was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on July 2, 1911.
On March 8, 1929, he was appointed the second Bishop of Ponce in Puerto Rico by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 28 from Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, with Bishops John Mark Gannon and John Joseph Dunn serving as co-consecrators.
Willinger was named Coadjutor Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, and Titular Bishop of Bida on December 12, 1946. He later succeeded the late Philip George Scher as the eleventh Bishop of Monterey-Fresno upon the latter's death on January 3, 1953. He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
On October 16, 1967, Willinger retired as Bishop of Monterey-Fresno and was appointed Titular Bishop of Tiguala. He later died at age 87.
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Episcopal succession
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| Preceded by Edwin Byrne |
Bishop of Ponce 1929–1946 |
Succeeded by James Edward McManus, C.Ss.R. |
| Preceded by Philip George Scher |
Bishop of Monterey-Fresno 1953–1967 |
Succeeded by Harry Anselm Clinch |
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