Bishop Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Ostracine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jul 1866		Born
24 Apr 1889	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Aug 1892	26.0	Professed	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
17 Sep 1902	36.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
17 Sep 1902	36.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ostracine
16 Nov 1902	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ostracine
14 Mar 1905	38.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiess (Spieß)
(VIAF: 10641437; WikiData: Q1048322)
Bishop Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiess (Spieß) O.S.B. (born 12 Jul 1866, died 14 Mar 1905) Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Sankt Jakob am Arlberg, Italy

a priest for 15.8 years
a bishop for 2.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Anton von Henle †
Bishop of Passau
Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf †
Titular Bishop of Arethusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maximilian von Lingg † (1902)
Bishop of Augsburg
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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	Sankt Jakob am Arlberg, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 430
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1902, Number 65

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