Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jul 1908		Born	Soufflenheim
4 Apr 1931	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Strasbourg, France
17 May 1957	48.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26 Oct 1957	49.3	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26 Oct 1957	49.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antandrus
16 Jan 1958	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antandrus
30 Dec 1966	58.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
16 Jul 1984	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
27 Jun 1998	90.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

a priest for 67.2 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †
Archbishop Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † (1958)
Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (1945)
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt †
Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †
Bishop Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †
Bishop Léon Hégelé

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