Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Eshowe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1909		Born	Memmingen, Germany
16 May 1931	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
15 Mar 1936	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
12 Jun 1947	38.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
12 Jun 1947	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
14 Sep 1947	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
11 Jan 1951	41.7	Appointed	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
24 Jul 1973	64.3	Died	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

a priest for 37.4 years
a bishop for 25.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, M.H.M. †
Bishop Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. † (1947)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Abbot Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †

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