Bishop Karl Johann Greith †

Deceased

Bishop of Sankt Gallen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1807		Born	Rapperswil
28 May 1831	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
11 Sep 1862	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
13 Mar 1863	55.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
3 May 1863	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
17 May 1882	75.0	Died	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 51.0 years
a bishop for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Feßler †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karl Johann Greith † (1863)
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 Franz Konstantin Rampa †

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