Bishop Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1908		Born
14 Mar 1937	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
13 Jan 1949	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
13 Jan 1949	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claneus
30 Mar 1949	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claneus
9 Jun 1955	46.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
12 Sep 1962	53.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
8 Dec 1966	58.1	Died	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Esser
Bishop Francis Xavier Esser O.S.F.S.
(born 8 Oct 1908, died 8 Dec 1966)
Bishop of Keimoes

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Opladen, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Pella

a priest for 29.7 years
a bishop for 17.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Adrasus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1446703

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 23

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