Bishop Josef Graf

Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig

Motto: Ut Essent Cum Illo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jun 1957		Born
10 Oct 1983	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regensburg, Germany
24 Apr 2015	57.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
24 Apr 2015	57.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig
7 Jun 2015	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig

MicroData Summary
Josef Graf
Bishop Josef Graf
(born 30 Jun 1957)
Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg

Event Place
Birth Place Riedenburg
Ordained Bishop Sankt Peter, Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Regensburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer
Bishop of Regensburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop František Radkovský
Bishop of Plzeň
Bishop Reinhard Pappenberger
Titular Bishop of Aptuca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer (2013)
Bishop of Regensburg
Reinhard Cardinal Marx (1996)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/165334
VIAF: 57056568
WikiData: Q19829384

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Apr 2015
ob: CB, 28 Apr 2015
c2+: CB, 1 Jun 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Number 18,500

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