Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.

Bishop Emeritus of Oslo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1938		Born	Lorch
18 Jul 1964	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
29 Aug 1975	36.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
29 Aug 1975	36.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hólar
7 Dec 1975	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hólar
29 Mar 1979	40.5	Appointed	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
2 Jun 1981	42.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway
26 Nov 1983	45.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
29 Jul 2005	66.8	Resigned	Bishop of Oslo, Norway

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Oslo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F. †
Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. (1975)
Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. † (1963)
Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M. † (1932)
Bishop Petrus Nommesch † (1920)
Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC.
Bishop Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.

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