Bishop Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1901		Born
1923	21.0	Professed	Member of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
29 Jun 1926	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
30 Jun 1939	37.5	Appointed	Prefect of Lydenburg, South Africa
9 Dec 1948	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bita
9 Dec 1948	47.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa
23 Jan 1949	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bita
11 Jan 1951	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
6 Oct 1955	53.8	Died	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Johannes Riegler
Bishop Johannes Riegler M.F.S.C.
(born 1 Dec 1901, died 6 Oct 1955)
Bishop of Lydenburg

Event Place
Birth Place Übersbach, Diocese of Seckau, Austria
Ordained Bishop Maria Trost, Transvaal, Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg
Death Place Lydenburg, Diocese of Lydenburg

a priest for 29.2 years
a bishop for 6.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Tingis
Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Legia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751073

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 3

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