Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand

Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1888		Born	Ensheim, Germany
16 May 1914	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
28 Apr 1942	54.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
28 Apr 1942	54.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
29 Jun 1942	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
10 Nov 1942	54.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
4 Feb 1947	58.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

a priest for 32.7 years
a bishop for 4.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard (Giordano) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † (1942)
Archbishop Bernard (Giordano) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1948
c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1942, Number 28

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