Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes

Titular Bishop of Nephelis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1903		Born	Brieg, Switzerland
22 Sep 1928	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
11 Dec 1956	53.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
11 Dec 1956	53.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
30 May 1957	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
11 Dec 1970	67.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
24 Nov 1982	79.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

a priest for 54.2 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †
Bishop Léon Lommel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. † (1957)
Bishop François-Nestor Adam † (1952)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.

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