Bishop Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe

Titular Bishop of Thenae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1865		Born	Regensburg, Germany
2 Feb 1888	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
25 Jul 1897	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
13 Mar 1906	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
13 Mar 1906	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thenae
1 May 1906	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thenae
12 Aug 1906	40.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
24 Nov 1920	54.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
27 Aug 1921	55.7	Appointed	Prefect of Zululand, South Africa
11 Dec 1923	58.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
14 May 1943	77.4	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
27 Jan 1944	78.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. † (1906)
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg † (1902)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †

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