Johannes Cardinal von Geissel †

Deceased

Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1796		Born	Gimmeldingen
22 Aug 1818	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Speyer, Germany
20 Sep 1836	40.6	Appointed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
19 May 1837	41.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
13 Aug 1837	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
24 Sep 1841	45.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
23 May 1842	46.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Iconium
19 Oct 1845	49.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Nov 1845	49.8	Installed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
30 Sep 1850	54.7	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Mar 1857	61.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
8 Sep 1864	68.6	Died	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Consistory - 1850: Created Cardinal

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 27.1 years
a cardinal for 13.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Peter von Richarz †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Casano † (1818)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi †
Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen †
Bishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri †
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin †
Bishop Martin Konrad †

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