Bishop Anton Hänggi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1917		Born
2 Jul 1941	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
4 Dec 1967	50.8	Selected	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
20 Dec 1967	50.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
11 Feb 1968	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
21 Jun 1982	65.4	Resigned	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
21 Jun 1994	77.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Anton Hänggi
Bishop Anton Hänggi
(born 15 Jan 1917, died 21 Jun 1994)
Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Event Place
Birth Place Nunningen, Diocese of Basel e Lugano
Ordained Bishop St-Ours et St-Victor, Cathedral, Soleure

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz von Streng †
Titular Bishop of Obbi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Anton Vonderach †
Bishop of Chur
Bishop François Charrière †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Titular Bishop of Obbi
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Otto Wüst † (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli † (1968)
Bishop Otmar Mäder † (1976)
Bishop Joseph Candolfi † (1983)
Bishop Martin Gächter (1987)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/143760
VIAF: 40170127
WikiData: Q590421

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 411
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Additions/Corrections (back)

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