Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Gadara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1788³		Born
14 Mar 1812	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1844	56.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1844	56.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gadara
19 Jan 1845	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gadara
29 Sep 1847	59.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Anton Gottfried Claessen
(VIAF: 2331152261523117180000; WikiData: Q589738)
Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen (born 11 Feb 1788, died 29 Sep 1847) Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}

Event Place
Birth Place Gangelt, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 2.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes von Geissel †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Georg Müller †
Titular Bishop of Thaumacus
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi †
Bishop of Trier

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes von Geissel † (1837)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gangelt, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 200
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1845, Number 3
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,321

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