Bishop Maximilian Gereon von Galen †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster

Titular Bishop of Myrina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1832		Born	Münster
26 Jul 1856	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
16 Jul 1895	62.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
16 Jul 1895	62.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Myrina
25 Jul 1895	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Myrina
5 Nov 1908	76.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 13.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maximilian Gereon von Galen † (1895)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †

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