Archbishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1838		Born
16 Aug 1862	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
24 Jan 1891	52.4	Selected	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
1 Jun 1891	52.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
21 Jul 1891	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
31 Jul 1919	80.9	Retired	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
31 Jul 1919	80.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
7 Sep 1919	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

MicroData Summary
Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen)
Archbishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen)
(born 10 Aug 1838, died 7 Sep 1919)
Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg

Event Place
Birth Place Kleve, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 28.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Louis (Franz Ludwig) Fleck †
Bishop of Metz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Felix Korum †
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad †
Bishop of Münster

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-Louis (Franz Ludwig) Fleck † (1881)
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Paul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges † (1843)
Bishop of Metz
Archbishop François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (1839)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludwig Philipp Schaefer † (1906)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † (1901)
Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. † (1906)
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Bishop Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. † (1912)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 80374026
WikiData: Q361763

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 120
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1891, Number 28

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