Bishop Karl Josef Romer

Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

Titular Bishop of Columnata

Note(s): (Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Family)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jul 1932		Born
22 Mar 1958	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
24 Oct 1975	43.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Oct 1975	43.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Columnata
12 Dec 1975	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Columnata
13 Apr 2002	69.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family
10 Nov 2007	75.3	Retired	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family

MicroData Summary
Karl Josef Romer
Bishop Karl Josef Romer
(born 8 Jul 1932)
Secretary Emeritus of Laity, the Family and Life

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Benken, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Priest Sankt Gallen, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop São Sebastião, Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Please contact the Bishop through the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales †
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Hasler †
Bishop of Sankt Gallen
Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales † (1954)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † (1941)
Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
Archbishop Moisés Sizenando Coelho † (1915)
Archbishop of Paraíba
Archbishop Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
Archbishop of Paraíba
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Narbal da Costa Stencel † (1987)
Bishop João Corso, S.D.B. † (1990)
Archbishop Filippo Santoro (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Benken, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Priest	Sankt Gallen, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop	São Sebastião, Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305930484
WikiData: Q124736

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2007
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 35, Number 2,132
bpd/opd/loc: CB, 19 Sep 2024

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