Bishop Johann Adam Behr †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1724³		Born
14 Apr 1749	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bamberg, Germany
28 Sep 1778	54.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Sep 1778	54.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)
28 Oct 1778	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)
5 Nov 1805	81.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Johann Adam Behr
Bishop Johann Adam Behr
(born 28 Jun 1724, died 5 Nov 1805)
Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg

Event Place
Birth Place Forchheim

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 27.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †
Bishop of Bamberg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel †
Titular Bishop of Sigus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim † (1755)
Bishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenfels † (1744)
Bishop of Speyer
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)

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Christoph Franz von Buseck † (1795)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Christoph Franz von Buseck † (1795)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal † (1779)
Bishop Andreas Joseph Fahrmann † (1790)
Bishop Christoph Franz von Buseck † (1795)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 9748149198278474940009
WikiData: Q64734923

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1778, Number 34
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 236, and Page 452

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