Bishop Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Petnelissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1898		Born
5 Apr 1920	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
5 Feb 1923	24.9	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
9 Mar 1923	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
29 May 1932	34.2	Appointed	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania
11 Dec 1933	35.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
11 Mar 1934	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
15 Dec 1948	50.7	Resigned	Abbot of Ndanda, Tanzania
19 Aug 1981	83.4	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Joachim (Alois) Ammann
Bishop Joachim (Alois) Ammann O.S.B.
(born 28 Feb 1898, died 19 Aug 1981)
Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Wyl, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Priest Dillingen
Death Place Münsterschwarzach
Buried Place (Original) Abbey, Münsterschwarzach

a priest for 58.4 years
a bishop for 47.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josef Kumpfmüller †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Raymund (Albin) Netzhammer, O.S.B. †
Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus
Bishop Joseph Ambühl †
Bishop of Basel e Lugano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josef Kumpfmüller † (1930)
Bishop of Augsburg
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Franz von Bettinger † (1909)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 81771324
WikiData: Q60835197

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 18

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