Bishop Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho

Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Mar 1879		Born	Büron, Switzerland
5 Oct 1902	23.5	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
23 Jul 1905	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Feb 1922	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Lindi, Tanzania
15 Feb 1928	48.9	Appointed	Abbot of Lindi, Tanzania
11 Dec 1933	54.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia
1 Jul 1934	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia
6 Dec 1952	73.7	Resigned	Abbot of Peramiho, Tanzania
26 Nov 1966	87.7	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

a priest for 61.3 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B. †
Bishop Joseph Ambühl †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. † (1934)
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
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:
Abbot Eberhard (Hermann) Spiess, O.S.B. †

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