Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

Titular Bishop of Nephelis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1903		Born
8 Sep 1923	19.8	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
22 Sep 1928	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
11 Dec 1956	53.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
11 Dec 1956	53.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
30 May 1957	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
11 Dec 1970	67.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
22 Nov 1982	79.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

MicroData Summary
José Alfonso Tscherrig
Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig C.Ss.R.
(born 25 Oct 1903, died 22 Nov 1982)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes

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 Brieg, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Bethleem
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Bishop of Luxembourg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. † (1952)
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † (1973)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1592156497264317740009
WikiData: Q19974295

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 699
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 70

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