Bishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. †

Deceased

Bishop of Morombe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1923		Born	Birmenstorf, Switzerland
29 Jun 1950	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family
28 May 1960	36.5	Appointed	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
23 Oct 1960	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
4 Dec 1988	65.0	Died	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar

a priest for 38.4 years
a bishop for 28.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz von Streng †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †
Bishop Johannes Vonderach †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. † (1960)
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Josef Stimpfle †

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