Alfred Cardinal Bengsch †

Deceased

Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Sep 1921		Born
2 Apr 1950	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Berlin, Germany
2 May 1959	37.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
2 May 1959	37.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubia
11 Jun 1959	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubia
16 Aug 1961	39.9	Appointed	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
14 Jan 1962	40.3	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Berlin, Germany
26 Jun 1967	45.7	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Jun 1967	45.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia
13 Dec 1979	58.2	Died	Bishop of Berlin, Germany

MicroData Summary for Alfred Bengsch
(VIAF: 85158380; WikiData: Q63824)
Alfred Cardinal Bengsch (born 10 Sep 1921, died 13 Dec 1979) Bishop of Berlin

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
Consistory - 1967: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Ordained Priest Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Ordained Bishop Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Death Place Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Berlin, Diocese of Berlin

a priest for 29.6 years
a bishop for 20.5 years
a cardinal for 12.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Konrad Cardinal von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †
Bishop of Berlin
Principal Consecrator:
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner †
Bishop of Berlin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †
Titular Bishop of Chusira
Bishop Otto Spülbeck, C.O. †
Bishop of Meißen (Meissen)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Bishop of Berlin
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962)
Bishop Gerhard Schaffran † (1963)
Bishop Heinrich Theissing † (1963)
Bishop Johannes Kleineidam † (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ferdinand de Piontek † (1959)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Ordained Priest	Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Ordained Bishop	Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Death Place	Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Berlin, Diocese of Berlin

Source(s):

c3+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 51
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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