Bishop Karl Josef Romer

Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Titular Bishop of Columnata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jul 1932		Born	Benken, Switzerland
22 Mar 1958	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Oct 1975	43.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Oct 1975	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Columnata
12 Dec 1975	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Columnata
13 Apr 2002	69.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family
10 Nov 2007	75.3	Retired	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Please contact the Bishop through the Pontifical Council for the Family.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Hasler †
Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karl Josef Romer (1975)
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales (1954)
Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † (1941)
Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho † (1915)
Archbishop Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Narbal da Costa Stencel †
Bishop João Corso, S.D.B.
Bishop Filippo Santoro

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