Bishop Johannes Riegler, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Lydenburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1901		Born	Übersbach, Austria
1923	21.1	Professed	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
29 Jun 1926	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
30 Jun 1939	37.6	Appointed	Prefect of Lydenburg, South Africa
9 Dec 1948	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bita
9 Dec 1948	47.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa
23 Jan 1949	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bita
11 Jan 1951	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
6 Oct 1955	53.8	Died	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

a priest for 29.3 years
a bishop for 6.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †
Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Riegler, M.C.C.I. † (1949)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

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