Bishop Adolfo Gerstner †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Oct 1921		Born
21 Apr 1947	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Jan 1977	55.2	Appointed	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
26 Mar 1977	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
2 May 1998	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
4 Dec 2002	81.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Adolfo Gerstner
Bishop Adolfo Gerstner
(born 28 Oct 1921, died 4 Dec 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Concordia

Event Place
Birth Place Diamante
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora del Carmen, Ligaya

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 25.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo †
Archbishop of Paraná
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro Boxler †
Bishop of Gualeguaychú
Bishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi †
Bishop of Venado Tuerto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo † (1956)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn † (1997)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64747782

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,657

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