Bishop Klaus Küng

Bishop of Sankt Pölten

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1940		Born	Bregenz
23 Aug 1970	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei
21 Jan 1989	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
5 Mar 1989	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
7 Oct 2004	64.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sankt Pölten.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bruno Wechner †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georg Eder
Bishop Reinhold Stecher

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Klaus Küng (1989)
Bishop Bruno Wechner † (1955)
Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (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 Elmar Fischer
Bishop Anton Leichtfried

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,141

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