Bishop Franz Arnold von Wolf-Metternich zur Gracht †

Deceased

Bishop of Paderborn

Bishop of Münster

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1658		Born	Köln
26 Aug 1703	45.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
15 Sep 1703	45.3	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
17 Dec 1703	45.6	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
17 Dec 1703	45.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia
9 Mar 1704	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia
21 May 1704	46.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
8 Jun 1707	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
25 Dec 1718	60.6	Died	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

a priest for 15.3 years
a bishop for 14.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Arnold von Wolf-Metternich zur Gracht † (1704)
Bishop Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 272, and Page 288
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 303

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