Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1889		Born	Milwaukee
8 Jun 1913	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 Aug 1935	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
15 Oct 1935	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
6 Nov 1935	46.7	Installed	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
28 Oct 1950	61.7	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
9 Mar 1951	62.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
9 Dec 1959	70.8	Resigned	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
9 Dec 1959	70.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
14 Dec 1959	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Dec 1959	70.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
15 Feb 1962	73.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Consistory - 1959: Created Cardinal

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 26.3 years
a cardinal for 2.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer †
Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann †
Bishop William Richard Griffin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench † (1935)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Helmut Bauer
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincent James Ryan †
Bishop William Theodore Mulloy †
Bishop Johannes Bydolek †
Bishop Matthias Wehr †
Opilio Cardinal Rossi †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mariano Simon Garriga †
Bishop William Patrick O’Connor †
Bishop Francis Joseph Schenk †
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer †

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