Archbishop Alberic Ludwig Benziger, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India

Titular Archbishop of Antinoë

Note(s): (Aloysius a Sancta Maria)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1864		Born
25 May 1885	21.3	Professed	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
22 Dec 1888	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
17 Jul 1900	36.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilon, India
17 Jul 1900	36.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabae
18 Nov 1900	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tabae
16 Aug 1905	41.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Quilon, India
23 Jul 1931	67.4	Resigned	Bishop of Quilon, India
23 Jul 1931	67.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
17 Aug 1942	78.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India

MicroData Summary for Alberic Ludwig Benziger
(VIAF: 122191357; WikiData: Q2650165)
Archbishop Alberic Ludwig Benziger O.C.D. (born 31 Jan 1864, died 17 Aug 1942) Bishop Emeritus of Quilon

Event Place
Birth Place Einsiedela
Ordained Bishop Kandy, Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka

a priest for 53.6 years
a bishop for 41.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski †
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Quilon
Bishop Clemente Pagnani, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Kandy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (1878)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ángel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. † (1915)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bede Beckmeyer, O.S.B. † (1912)
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. † (1923)
Bishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery) † (1927)
Bishop Lawrence Pereira † (1930)
Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. † (1936)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Einsiedela
Ordained Bishop	Kandy, Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 474, and Page 533
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1900, Number 61

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