Bishop Josef Freundorfer †

Deceased

Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1894		Born
29 Jun 1920	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Passau, Germany
9 Jul 1949	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
21 Sep 1949	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
11 Apr 1963	68.6	Died	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Josef Freundorfer
Bishop Josef Freundorfer
(born 31 Aug 1894, died 11 Apr 1963)
Bishop of Augsburg

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bischofsmais, Diocese of Passau
Ordained Bishop Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg

a priest for 42.7 years
a bishop for 13.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Passau
Bishop Franz Xaver Eberle †
Titular Bishop of Zaliche

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Franz von Bettinger † (1909)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. † (1957)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Zimmermann † (1953)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Hiltl † (1951)
Bishop Antonius Hofmann † (1961)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/85444
VIAF: 52450377
WikiData: Q1707035

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 78

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