Allen James Babcock

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Allen James Babcock
Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Appointed February 15, 1947
Installed 1954
Term ended 1969
Orders
Ordination March 7, 1925
Consecration March 25, 1948
Personal details
Born (1898-06-17)June 17, 1898
Bad Axe, Michigan
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Denomination Catholic

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Biography

Babcock was born in Bad Axe, Michigan, and ordained to the priesthood on March 7, 1925.

On February 15, 1947, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 25 from Cardinal Edward Mooney, with Bishops William Francis Murphy and Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki serving as co-consecrators.

He was later named the seventh Bishop of Grand Rapids on March 23, 1954. He attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), and died at age 71.

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Grand Rapids
1954–1969
Succeeded by
Joseph M. Breitenbeck
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
1947–1954
Succeeded by