Archbishop Hans Schwemmer †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Titular Archbishop of Rebellum

Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands

Motto: In Libertatem Vocati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1945		Born
4 Jul 1971	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Jul 1997	51.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Rebellum
9 Jul 1997	51.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
9 Jul 1997	51.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands
21 Sep 1997	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Rebellum
1 Oct 2001	56.0	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Hans Schwemmer
Archbishop Hans Schwemmer
(born 11 Sep 1945, died 1 Oct 2001)
Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea

Event Place
Birth Place Riggau, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Death Place Cairns, Australia
Buried Place (Original) St. Georg, Church, Pressath, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany

a priest for 30.2 years
a bishop for 4.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †
Titular Archbishop of Tharros
Bishop Manfred Müller †
Bishop of Regensburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Riggau, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Death Place	Cairns, Australia
Buried Place (Original)	St. Georg, Church, Pressath, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany

External Link(s):

VIAF: 50135468
WikiData: Q99170

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,147
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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