Alfred Cardinal Bengsch †

Deceased

Bishop of Berlin

Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Sep 1921		Born	Berlin
2 Apr 1950	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Berlin, Germany
2 May 1959	37.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
2 May 1959	37.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubia
11 Jun 1959	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubia
16 Aug 1961	39.9	Appointed	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
14 Jan 1962	40.3	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Berlin, Germany
26 Jun 1967	45.8	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Jun 1967	45.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia
13 Dec 1979	58.3	Died	Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Consistory - 1967: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

a priest for 29.7 years
a bishop for 20.5 years
a cardinal for 12.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Konrad Graf Cardinal von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †
Principal Consecrator:
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Maria Rintelen †
Bishop Otto Spülbeck †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alfred Cardinal Bengsch † (1959)
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck †
Bishop Gerhard Schaffran †
Bishop Heinrich Theissing †
Bishop Johannes Kleineidam †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ferdinand Piontek †

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