Lawrence Leo Graner, CSC (April 3, 1901 – April 21, 1982) was

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of the

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from July 15, 1950, to November 23, 1967. Archbishop Graner was a religious of the

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Biography

Graner was born on April 3, 1901, in

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, Venango County, in the

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. 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

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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.

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