Archbishop Adam Hefter †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gurk

Titular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in Rhodope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1871		Born	Prien am Chiemsee
22 Jul 1894	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gurk, Austria
26 Dec 1914	43.1	Selected	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
5 Feb 1915	43.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
7 Feb 1915	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
4 May 1939	67.4	Resigned	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
4 May 1939	67.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Marciana
11 Dec 1939	68.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in Rhodope
9 Jan 1970	98.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria

a priest for 75.5 years
a bishop for 54.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Balthasar Kaltner †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rudolf Hittmair †
Bishop of Linz
Bishop Ignaz Rieder †
Titular Bishop of Sura

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Balthasar Kaltner † (1901)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Archbishop Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (1891)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Archbishop Johann Evangelist Haller † (1874)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Maximilian Joseph Cardinal von Tarnóczy † (1851)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop of Trento
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Dionys von Rost † (1777)
Bishop of Chur
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Andreas Rohracher † (1933)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Köstner † (1945)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1915, Number 7
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 9, Page 191

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