Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Usinaza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Nov 1880		Born
25 Apr 1905	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
27 Jul 1923	42.6	Appointed	Prefect of Gariep, South Africa
27 Jan 1936	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Usinaza
27 Jan 1936	55.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa
22 Mar 1936	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Usinaza
3 Feb 1944	63.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa
15 Jun 1964	83.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Franz Wolfgang Demont
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont S.C.I.
(born 22 Nov 1880, died 15 Jun 1964)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aliwal

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

Event Place
Birth Place Burtscheid, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Aachen, Diocese of Aachen, Germany
Death Place Aachen, Diocese of Aachen, Germany

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 28.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt †
Bishop of Aachen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter †
Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis
Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt † (1931)
Bishop of Aachen
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † (1947)
Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † (1949)
Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. † (1951)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q56461667

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 17

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