Bishop Joseph Zimmermann †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Cerynia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1901		Born
31 Oct 1926	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augsburg, Germany
28 Nov 1952	51.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
28 Nov 1952	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cerynia
25 Jan 1953	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cerynia
1 Mar 1972	70.9	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
29 Dec 1976	75.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Joseph Zimmermann
Bishop Joseph Zimmermann
(born 19 Mar 1901, died 29 Dec 1976)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg

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 Langwied, Diocese of Augsburg
Ordained Bishop Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg

a priest for 50.1 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josef Freundorfer †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †
Titular Bishop of Calydon
Bishop Artur Michael Landgraf †
Titular Bishop of Eudocia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josef Freundorfer † (1949)
Bishop of Augsburg
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Franz von Bettinger † (1909)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop Johann Lenhardt † (1959)
Bishop Alfons Karl Kempf † (1960)
Archbishop Josef Stimpfle † (1963)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 74790268
WikiData: Q1706116

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 1

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