Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre

Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jul 1873		Born	Riedlingen, Germany
1 Apr 1899	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
7 Jan 1939	65.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
7 Jan 1939	65.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
5 Feb 1939	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
1 Sep 1945	72.1	Died	Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. †
Bishop Albert Maria Fuchs †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B. † (1939)
Archbishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † (1921)
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
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 von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Cassano † (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 †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1939, Number 3

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