Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap.

Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1940		Born	Innsbruck
30 Aug 1956	16.3	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Jun 1965	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Jul 1986	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
31 Aug 1986	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Gargitter †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi †
Bishop Reinhold Stecher

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. (1986)
Bishop Joseph Gargitter † (1952)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.
Bishop Mariano Manzana

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