Bishop Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1908		Born
29 Jun 1933	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
29 Feb 1956	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
10 May 1956	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
25 Feb 1983	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
20 Feb 2000	91.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Anton Reiterer
Bishop Anton Reiterer M.C.C.I.
(born 25 Feb 1908, died 20 Feb 2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Avelengo-Hafling, Italy
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Witbank, Diocese of Lydenburg

a priest for 66.6 years
a bishop for 43.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Colburn Garner †
Archbishop of Pretoria
Bishop Hugh Boyle †
Bishop of Johannesburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. † (1964)
Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe † (1982)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64728138

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 36
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 24, Number 1,342

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