Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

Titular Bishop of Sigus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1943		Born
30 Jul 1967	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
17 Mar 1988	44.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
17 Mar 1988	44.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sigus
24 Apr 1988	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sigus
16 Apr 2002	58.9	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
29 May 2024	81.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary for Franziskus Eisenbach
(VIAF: 25452026; WikiData: Q101435)
Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach (born 1 May 1943, died 29 May 2024) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz

Event Place
Birth Place Strzelce Opolskie
Ordained Bishop S. Martin, Cathedral, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, S. Martin, Cathedral, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Karl Lehmann †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Hermann Cardinal Volk †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
Bishop Wolfgang Rolly †
Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karl Lehmann † (1983)
Bishop of Mainz
Hermann Cardinal Volk † (1962)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Otto Georgens (1995)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Number 9,624
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 29 May 2024

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