Bishop John Riegler, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Lydenburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1901		Born	Übersbach, Austria
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 John 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)
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 †

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