Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1919		Born
12 Apr 1942	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
8 Sep 1977	57.9	Professed	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
15 Jul 1986	66.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Sep 1986	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
21 Feb 1987	67.3	Appointed	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite
28 Jun 1988	68.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	68.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano
14 Sep 1995	75.9	Retired	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Sep 1995	75.9	Retired	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite
24 Mar 2003	83.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

MicroData Summary for Hans Hermann Groër
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër O.S.B. (born 13 Oct 1919, died 24 Mar 2003) Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Wien

a priest for 60.9 years
a bishop for 16.5 years
a cardinal for 14.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Theodor Cardinal Innitzer †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal König †
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Karl Berg †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Stefan László †
Bishop of Eisenstadt

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich (Gustav) Cardinal Piffl † (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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Franz Scharl (1990)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Kostelecky † (1986)
Bishop Kurt Krenn † (1987)
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P. (1991)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle (1990)

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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