Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

Titular Archbishop of Xanthus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1911		Born	Olten
29 Jun 1938	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel, Switzerland
9 Nov 1961	50.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
9 Nov 1961	50.7	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia
10 Dec 1961	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
16 Feb 1966	54.9	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland
7 May 1969	58.2	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
16 Jul 1973	62.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
22 Feb 1982	71.0	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain
Jul 1985	74.3	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain
18 Mar 2003	92.0	Died	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 41.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz von Streng †
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Titular Bishop of Thuburnica
Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †
Bishop of København {Copenhagen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Bishop John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † (1962)
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville † (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. † (1980)
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien (1985)
Bishop Kieran Thomas Conry (2001)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)

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