predecessor successor death_date consecration birth_place death_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
none stephen stanislaus woznicki 7 february 1950 may 17 , 1938 kalamazoo , michigan saginaw , michigan bishop of saginaw william murphy -lrb- bishop of saginaw -rrb-
 bishop saginaw february , 1950 26 , 1938 & mdash ; february 7 11 may 1885 june 13 , 1908 william francis murphy roman catholic church
william murphy -lrb- bishop of saginaw -rrb-

william francis murphy -lrb- may 11 , 1885 -- february 7 , 1950 -rrb- was an american clergyman of the roman catholic church .
he was the first bishop of saginaw , serving between 1938 and his death in 1950 .
