Lawrence Leo Graner

The Most Reverend Lawrence Leo Graner C.S.C.
Archbishop of Dacca
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka
Installed	July 15, 1950
Term ended	November 23, 1967
Successor	Theotonius Amal Ganguly
Other post(s)	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh.(1947-1950) Titular Archbishop of Vazari-Didda(1967-1971)
Orders
Ordination	June 24, 1928
Consecration	April 23, 1947 by John Francis O’Hara
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Lawrence Leo Graner (1901-04-03)April 3, 1901 Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	April 21, 1982(1982-04-21) (aged 81) Notre Dame, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Parents	William Bernard Groner(Father), Martha Emily Coxson(Mother)

Styles of Lawrence Leo Graner
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	The Most Reverend
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of Lawrence Leo Graner
History Priestly ordination Date June 24, 1928 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Bishop John Francis O’Hara,C.S.C., Bishop of Buffalo, New York Co-consecrators Bishop John Mark Gannon, Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania Bishop John Francis Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana Date April 23, 1947
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Lawrence Leo Graner as principal consecrator Bishop Raymond Larose, C.S.C. 1952

Lawrence Leo Graner, CSC (April 3, 1901 – April 21, 1982) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka from July 15, 1950, to November 23, 1967. Archbishop Graner was a religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Biography

Graner was born on April 3, 1901, in Franklin, Venango County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was the second son of William Bernard Groner and his wife Martha Emily Coxson.

In 1947, Graner was consecrated a bishop and appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Dhaka. Three years later It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Pius XII and he became its archbishop. In November 1967, he resigned from the post and then he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Vazari-Didda.

He died on April 21, 1982, at Notre Dame in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.