Kurt Cardinal Koch

President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1950		Born	Emmenbrücke
20 Jun 1982	32.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel, Switzerland
21 Aug 1995	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
6 Dec 1995	45.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
6 Jan 1996	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
1 Jul 2010	60.3	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
1 Jul 2010	60.3	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
20 Nov 2010	60.7	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 2010	60.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
1 Jan 2011	60.8	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Otto Wüst †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Kurt Cardinal Koch (1996)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Felix Gmür
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Denis Theurillat
Bishop Felix Gmür
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl
Bishop Markus Büchel
Bishop Vitus Huonder

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