Melchior Ferdinand Joseph Cardinal von Diepenbrock †

Deceased

Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1798		Born
27 Dec 1823	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regensburg, Germany
15 Jan 1845	47.0	Selected	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
21 Apr 1845	47.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
8 Jun 1845	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
30 Sep 1850	52.7	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Jan 1853	55.0	Died	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

MicroData Summary
Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock
Melchior Ferdinand Joseph Cardinal von Diepenbrock
(born 6 Jan 1798, died 20 Jan 1853)
Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau)

Consistory - 1850: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Bocholt, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria
Death Place Johannesberg, Castle, Breslau, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Breslau, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)

a priest for 29.0 years
a bishop for 7.6 years
a cardinal for 2.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Johann Michael von Sailer †
Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Grzegorz Tomasz Ziegler, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Linz
Bishop Johann Aloys Hoffmann †
Titular Bishop of Dulma

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop of Trento
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Dionys von Rost † (1777)
Bishop of Chur
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bocholt, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest	Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria
Death Place	Johannesberg, Castle, Breslau, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Breslau, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/93039
VIAF: 64801460
WikiData: Q63833

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 400
c34: CB, 12 Jan 2016
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 30 Sep 1850
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1845, Number 29

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