Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1888		Born
16 May 1914	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
28 Apr 1942	54.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
28 Apr 1942	54.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
29 Jun 1942	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto
10 Nov 1942	54.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
4 Feb 1947	58.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

MicroData Summary for John Francis Eich
Bishop John Francis Eich O.S.F.S. (born 7 Mar 1888, died 4 Feb 1947) Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand

Event Place
Birth Place Ensheim, Germany

a priest for 32.7 years
a bishop for 4.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Adrasus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Source(s):

b: Die Apostolische Nachfolge
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1948
c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 28
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 106, Additions/Corrections (front)

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