Bishop Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

Titular Bishop of Drusiliana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1871		Born
29 Jun 1912	41.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
24 Feb 1931	59.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
24 Feb 1931	59.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
19 Apr 1931	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
10 Nov 1942	71.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
21 Mar 1960	88.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

MicroData Summary
Josef Klemann
Bishop Josef Klemann O.S.F.S.
(born 7 May 1871, died 21 Mar 1960)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand

Event Place
Birth Place Hamburg, Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany
Ordained Bishop Sankt Stefan, Cathedral, Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
Death Place Overbach

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl †
Titular Bishop of Eucarpia
Bishop Franz Kamprath †
Titular Bishop of Stadia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. † (1940)
Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † (1942)
Bishop Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. † (1949)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 30148812726545211861
WikiData: Q56025959

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1931, Number 11

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