Bishop Christian Albert Anton von Merle †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany

Titular Bishop of Sinope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1693		Born
9 Jul 1730	37.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
23 Jul 1730	37.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
12 Apr 1734	40.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
12 Apr 1734	40.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinope
21 Sep 1734	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sinope
2 Mar 1765	71.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany

MicroData Summary for Christian Albert Anton von Merle
(VIAF: 6744151112587937180006; WikiData: Q1078745)
Bishop Christian Albert Anton von Merle (born 22 May 1693, died 2 Mar 1765) Auxiliary Bishop of Worms

Event Place
Birth Place Wetzlar

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 30.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Franz Georg von Schönborn †
Archbishop of Trier

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Franz Georg von Schönborn † (1729)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn † (1728)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn † (1695)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Matthias Starck † (1681)
Titular Bishop of Coronea
Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim † (1680)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan † (1665)
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Archbishop Max Heinrich von Bayern † (1651)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Fabio Chigi † (1635)
Bishop of Nardò
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Adam Buckel † (1746)
Bishop Johann Friedrich von Lasser † (1748)
Bishop Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim † (1749)
Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff † (1755)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wetzlar

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1734, Number 26
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 381, and Page 453

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