Bishop Joseph Feßler †

Deceased

Bishop of Sankt Pölten

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1813		Born	Lochau (Vorarlberg)
30 Jul 1837	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Apr 1862	48.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Apr 1862	48.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nyssa
18 May 1862	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nyssa
23 Sep 1864	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
27 Mar 1865	51.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
30 Apr 1865	51.4	Installed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
23 Apr 1872	58.4	Died	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 34.7 years
a bishop for 9.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vinzenz Gasser †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Feßler † (1862)
Bishop Vinzenz Gasser † (1857)
Maximilian Joseph Cardinal von Tarnóczy † (1851)
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop Dionys Graf von Rost † (1777)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
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 Karl Johann Greith †

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