Archbishop Adam Hefter †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gurk

Titular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in Rhodope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1871		Born	Prien
22 Jul 1894	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gurk, Austria
26 Dec 1914	43.1	Appointed	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
5 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 †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adam Hefter † (1915)
Archbishop Balthasar Kaltner † (1901)
Johannes Baptist Cardinal Katschthaler † (1891)
Johann Evangelist Cardinal Haller † (1874)
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:
Archbishop Andreas Rohracher †

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