Archbishop Johann Baptist Geisler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

Titular Archbishop of Odessus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1882		Born
13 Mar 1910	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
2 Apr 1930	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
25 May 1930	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
23 Apr 1952	70.0	Resigned	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
23 Apr 1952	70.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Odessus
5 Sep 1952	70.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

MicroData Summary
Johann Baptist Geisler
Archbishop Johann Baptist Geisler
(born 23 Apr 1882, died 5 Sep 1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}

Event Place
Birth Place Mayrhofen, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Bressanone, Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}

a priest for 42.4 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Palica †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Bishop Alfonso Maria de Sanctis †
Bishop of Segni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Heinrich Forer † (1938)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 23209267
WikiData: Q1697549

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 31

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