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

Deceased

Bishop of Keimoes

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1908		Born	Opladen, Germany
14 Mar 1937	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
13 Jan 1949	40.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
13 Jan 1949	40.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claneus
30 Mar 1949	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claneus
9 Jun 1955	46.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
12 Sep 1962	53.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
8 Dec 1966	58.2	Died	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa

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

a priest for 29.7 years
a bishop for 17.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. † (1949)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1949, Number 23

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