Bishop Gerhard Pieschl

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Misenum

Motto: Non Recuso Laborem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jan 1934		Born
8 Dec 1961	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limburg, Germany
24 Aug 1977	43.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
24 Aug 1977	43.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Misenum
23 Oct 1977	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Misenum
15 Jun 2009	75.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Gerhard Pieschl
Bishop Gerhard Pieschl
(born 23 Jan 1934)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Moravská Trebová, Archdiocese of Olomouc, Czechia
Ordained Bishop St. Barthelemy, Church, Francfort sur Main

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Limburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Wilhelm Kempf †
Bishop of Limburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Bishop Walter Gunther Kampe †
Titular Bishop of Bassiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelm Kempf † (1949)
Bishop of Limburg
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Reinaldo Ernst Enrich (Heribert) Pünder † (1978)
Bishop Thomas Löhr (2009)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 85702379
WikiData: Q91805

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 46, Number 3,124

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