Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mendi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1918		Born	Catherine, KS, USA
2 Jun 1946	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
3 Apr 1959	40.5	Appointed	Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
6 Jul 1965	46.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
6 Jul 1965	46.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Conana
15 Dec 1965	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Conana
15 Nov 1966	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
3 Feb 1995	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
4 Aug 2005	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

a priest for 59.2 years
a bishop for 39.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Wright †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick William Freking †
Bishop Cyril John Vogel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † (1965)
John Joseph Cardinal Wright † (1947)
Richard James Cardinal Cushing † (1939)
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Francesco Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Benedict To Varpin

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