Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1922		Born	Nürnberg
30 Jul 1950	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bamberg, Germany
27 May 1977	55.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
2 Jul 1977	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 May 1978	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Germany, Military
30 Nov 1990	68.8	Resigned	Bishop of Germany, Military
31 Mar 1994	72.1	Resigned	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
10 Jun 2008	86.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Josef Schneider †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Josef Stangl †
Bishop Martin Wiesend †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel † (1977)
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Werner Radspieler
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun

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