Bishop George Otto Wirz

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin

Titular Bishop of Municipa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1929		Born	Monroe
31 May 1952	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
10 Dec 1977	48.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
10 Dec 1977	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Municipa
9 Mar 1978	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Municipa
10 Feb 2004	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Madison.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Cletus Francis O'Donnell †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich †
Archbishop Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Otto Wirz (1978)
Bishop Cletus Francis O'Donnell † (1960)
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer † (1946)
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 †

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