Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1867		Born	Stans, Switzerland
25 Mar 1890	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 Feb 1923	55.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
16 Feb 1923	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
24 Jun 1923	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
5 Jul 1929	61.7	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
20 Aug 1934	66.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

a priest for 44.4 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. † (1923)
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (1912)
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (1884)
Charles-Martial Cardinal Allemand-Lavigerie † (1863)
Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1923, Number 30

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