Bishop Gregor von Zirkel †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Hippos

Note(s): (died before papal confirmation)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1762		Born
18 Dec 1784	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Würzburg, Germany
23 Sep 1786	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Würzburg, Germany
20 Sep 1802	40.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Sep 1802	40.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hippos
28 Oct 1802	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hippos
25 Oct 1817⁸	55.2	Selected	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
18 Dec 1817	55.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

Note(s): ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary
Gregor von Zirkel
Bishop Gregor von Zirkel
(born 28 Jul 1762, died 18 Dec 1817)
Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg

Event Place
Birth Place Sylbach

a priest for 31.2 years
a bishop for 15.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach †
Bishop of Würzburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach † (1795)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Karl Theodor von Dalberg † (1788)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal † (1775)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Ludwig Philipp Behelm † (1769)
Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis
Archbishop Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim † (1763)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Christoph Nebel † (1734)
Titular Bishop of Capharnaum
Archbishop Philipp Karl von Eltz zu Kempenich † (1732)
Archbishop of Mainz
Archbishop Franz Georg von Schönborn † (1729)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn † (1728)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn † (1695)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Matthias Starck † (1681)
Titular Bishop of Coronea
Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim † (1680)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan † (1665)
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Archbishop Max Heinrich von Bayern † (1651)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Fabio Chigi † (1635)
Bishop of Nardò
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/367091
VIAF: 79389915
WikiData: Q1545218

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1802, Number 67
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 215

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