Archbishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1853		Born	Niederhemer, Germany
1874	20.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
28 Aug 1876	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
8 Sep 1901	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Metz, France
21 Sep 1901	47.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Metz, France
28 Oct 1901	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
10 Jul 1919	65.7	Resigned	Bishop of Metz, France
31 Jul 1919	65.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
16 Apr 1921	67.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

a priest for 44.6 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Felix Korum †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) †
Bishop Karl Ernst Schrod †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † (1901)
Bishop Michael Felix Korum † (1881)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Assisted:
Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †

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