William Benedict Friend [SEP] position held
William Benedict Friend
William Benedict Friend (October 22, 1931 – April 2, 2015) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport, in Louisiana.
Biography.
Friend was ordained on May 7, 1959 as a priest of the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama. On August 31, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport, and that same day was named bishop of the titular see of Pomaria. He was consecrated titular Bishop of
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British campaign in the South Yorktown.
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