Allen James Babcock

Who was Allen James Babcock?

Allen James Babcock was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. He was born in Bad Axe, Michigan, and ordained to the priesthood on March 7, 1925. On February 15, 1947, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 25 from Cardinal Edward Mooney, with Bishops William Francis Murphy and Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki serving as co-consecrators. He was later named the seventh Bishop of Grand Rapids on March 23, 1954. He attended the Second Vatican Council, and died at age 71.