Bishop Helmut Krätzl †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1931		Born
29 Jun 1954	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30 Sep 1977	45.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30 Sep 1977	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica
20 Nov 1977	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica
6 Mar 2008	76.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
2 May 2023	91.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

MicroData Summary
Helmut Krätzl
Bishop Helmut Krätzl
(born 23 Oct 1931, died 2 May 2023)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
Ordained Bishop Sankt Stefan, Cathedral, Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

a priest for 68.8 years
a bishop for 45.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Theodor Cardinal Innitzer †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal König †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franz Jáchym †
Titular Archbishop of Maronea
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Titular Bishop of Rotaria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Father Josef Grünwidl (1987)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Iby (1993)
Bishop Alois Schwarz (1997)
Bishop Franz Scharl (2006)
Bishop Stephan Turnovszky (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 47668992
WikiData: Q89168

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Mar 2008
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,078
d: CB, 2 May 2023

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