Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Byblus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1876		Born	Borbeck, Germany
5 Feb 1899	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
16 Mar 1914	38.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
16 Mar 1914	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Byblus
28 Jun 1914	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Byblus
Jan 1921	44.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
24 Nov 1922	46.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
23 Feb 1944	68.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 29.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Felix Cardinal von Hartmann †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen †
Bishop Theodor Kappenberg †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D. † (1914)
Felix Cardinal von Hartmann † (1911)
Antonius Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †

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