William Hafey

He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909.

From 1909 to 1910, he studied at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., then attended Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

[1] Hafey was ordained to the priesthood at Mount St. Mary's by Bishop Owen Corrigan for the Archdiocese of Baltimore on June 16, 1914.

[2] After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Hafey served as a curate at St. Joseph's Parish in Baltimore.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on June 24, 1925, from Archbishop Michael Curley at the Baltimore Cathedral.