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 Other
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

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 41.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz von Streng †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. †
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien
Bishop Kieran Thomas Conry

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