Bishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

Titular Bishop of Binda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1896		Born
28 Jun 1919	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Linz, Austria
19 Mar 1941	44.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz, Austria
19 Mar 1941	44.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gargara
11 May 1941	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gargara
11 May 1946	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Linz, Austria
28 Aug 1946	50.0	Installed	Bishop of Linz, Austria
1 Jan 1956	59.4	Resigned	Bishop of Linz, Austria
1 Jan 1956	59.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Binda
12 Jun 1960	63.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

MicroData Summary
Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser)
Bishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser)
(born 28 Jul 1896, died 12 Jun 1960)
Bishop Emeritus of Linz

Event Place
Birth Place Perg

a priest for 40.9 years
a bishop for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner †
Bishop of Linz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Memelauer †
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Bishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl †
Titular Bishop of Eucarpia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner † (1915)
Bishop of Linz
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1004530
WikiData: Q1708453

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1941, Number 23

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