Willinger was born in
Baltimore, Maryland, on April 19, 1886.
Bishop of Ponce On March 8, 1929, Willinger was appointed the second
bishop of Ponce by
Pope Pius XI. He received his
episcopal consecration at
St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on October 28, 1929, from Archbishop
Thomas Edmund Molloy, with Bishops
John Mark Gannon and
John Joseph Dunn serving as
co-consecrators.
Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Monterey-Fresno Willinger was named
coadjutor bishop of Monterey-Fresno and
titular bishop of
Bida on December 12, 1946, by
Pope Pius XII. He automatically succeeded
Philip George Scher as the eleventh bishop of Monterey-Fresno when Scher died on January 3, 1953. Willinger attended the
Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 to 1965. On October 16, 1967, Willinger retired as bishop of Monterey-Fresno and was appointed titular bishop of
Tiguala by
Pope Paul VI. Willinger died on July 25, 1973, at age 87. ==References==