Archbishop Giorgio Zur

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

Titular Archbishop of Sesta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1930		Born	Görlitz, Germany
10 Oct 1955	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Feb 1979	49.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sesta
5 Feb 1979	49.0	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi
5 Feb 1979	49.0	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia
24 Feb 1979	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sesta
3 May 1985	55.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
13 Aug 1990	60.5	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India
13 Aug 1990	60.5	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nepal
7 Dec 1998	68.8	Appointed	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
29 Jan 2000	70.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
8 Oct 2002	72.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
26 Jul 2005	75.4	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Austria.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli †
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giorgio Zur (1979)
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marampudi Joji †
Archbishop Albert D’Souza

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