Archbishop Johannes Baptist Geisler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}

Titular Archbishop of Odessus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1882		Born	Mayrhofen
13 Mar 1910	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
2 Apr 1930	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
25 May 1930	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
23 Apr 1952	70.0	Resigned	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
23 Apr 1952	70.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Odessus
5 Sep 1952	70.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 22.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes Baptist Geisler † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

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