William A. Griffin (Roman Catholic bishop)

William Aloysius Griffin ( born November 20, 1885 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA, † January 1, 1950 ibid ) was Bishop of Trenton.

Life

William Aloysius Griffin attended St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Griffin studied philosophy at Seton Hall College in South Orange and Catholic Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange. He received on August 15, 1910, the sacrament of Holy Orders. William Aloysius Griffin was pastor of the parishes of St. John Church and St. Augustine in Newark.

On February 26, 1938, he was named by Pope Pius XI. Titular Bishop of Sanavus and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. The Archbishop of Newark, Thomas Joseph Walsh, donated to him on 1 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Buffalo, John Aloysius Duffy, and the Bishop of Trenton, Moses Elias Kiley. On May 18, 1940, he was named by Pope Pius XII. Bishop of Trenton.