Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.

Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1938		Born
18 Jul 1964	25.7	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	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hólar
29 Mar 1979	40.4	Appointed	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
2 Jun 1981	42.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway
26 Nov 1983	45.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway
26 Nov 1983	45.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
9 Feb 1988	49.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway
29 Jul 2005	66.8	Resigned	Bishop of Oslo, Norway

MicroData Summary
Gerhard Schwenzer
Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer SS.CC.
(born 1 Oct 1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Oslo

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Lorch
Ordained Bishop Trondheim, Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}

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. †
Bishop of Oslo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F. †
Titular Bishop of Vasada
Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †
Bishop of København {Copenhagen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. † (1963)
Bishop of Oslo
Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M. † (1932)
Bishop of Oslo
Bishop Pierre Nommesch † (1920)
Bishop of Luxembourg
Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC. † (1997)
Bishop Józef Wróbel, S.C.I. (2001)
Bishop Berislav Grgić (2009)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305418891
WikiData: Q69516

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 29 Jul 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 34, Number 2,085

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