Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1908		Born	Bardenburg, Germany
28 Apr 1935	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
12 Mar 1950	42.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa
12 Mar 1950	42.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sigus
29 Jun 1950	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sigus
11 Jan 1951	43.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
5 Jul 1975	67.5	Resigned	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
7 Jan 1991	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 40.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Hünermann †
Bishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. † (1950)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. †
Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †

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