Aloysius Joseph Willinger

Aloysius Joseph Willinger (April 19, 1886 – July 25, 1973) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Monterey-Fresno in California from 1953 to 1967.

Willinger previously served as coadjutor bishop of Monterey-Fresno from 1946 to 1953 and as bishop of Ponce in Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1946. He was a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Biography 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.