Bishop Bruno Wechner †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1908		Born	Götzis im Vorarlberg
26 Jul 1933	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria
31 Dec 1954	46.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria
31 Dec 1954	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cartennae
12 Mar 1955	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cartennae
9 Dec 1968	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
15 Dec 1968	60.5	Installed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
21 Jan 1989	80.6	Retired	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
28 Dec 1999	91.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

a priest for 66.4 years
a bishop for 44.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paulus Rusch †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bruno Wechner † (1955)
Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Elmar Fischer
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †
Bishop Klaus Küng
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Reinhold Stecher

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