Bishop Wilhelm Arnold Günther, O. Praem. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

Titular Bishop of Sion

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Oct 1763		Born
1782	18.1	Professed	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
22 Sep 1787	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
1803	39.1	Incardinated	Priest of Trier, Germany
23 Jun 1834	70.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
23 Jun 1834	70.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sion
14 Sep 1834	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sion
22 Aug 1843	79.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

MicroData Summary
Wilhelm Arnold Günther
Bishop Wilhelm Arnold Günther O. Praem.
(born 31 Oct 1763, died 22 Aug 1843)
Auxiliary Bishop of Trier

Event Place
Birth Place Koblenz

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer †
Bishop of Trier

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Wilhelm Bausch † (1835)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi † (1842)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/142375
VIAF: 35251309
WikiData: Q2571737

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 347
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1834, Number 37

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