Bishop Joseph Vitus Burg †

Deceased

Bishop of Mainz, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1768		Born
26 Sep 1791	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
1821	52.3	Incardinated	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
28 Jan 1828	59.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
28 Jan 1828	59.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
28 Sep 1828	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
29 Sep 1829	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
12 Jan 1830	61.3	Installed	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
22 May 1833	64.7	Died	Bishop of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary
Joseph Vitus Burg
Bishop Joseph Vitus Burg
(born 27 Aug 1768, died 22 May 1833)
Bishop of Mainz

Event Place
Birth Place Offenburg

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 4.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jakob Brand †
Bishop of Limburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jakob Brand † (1827)
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Johann Heinrich Milz † (1826)
Titular Bishop of Sarepta
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Assisted:
Archbishop Bernhard Boll, O. Cist. † (1827)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 67235808
WikiData: Q1559910

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 268, and Page 322
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1828, Number 39

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