Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1911		Born	Basse-Yutz
14 Jul 1935	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 May 1958	47.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Metz, France
5 Jul 1958	47.3	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Metz, France
5 Jul 1958	47.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centenaria
13 Nov 1958	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Centenaria
30 Nov 1958	47.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Metz, France
1987	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Metz, France
9 Sep 1987	76.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 28.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot †
Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt † (1958)
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz † (1934)
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †

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