Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1940		Born
30 Aug 1957	17.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 May 1961	21.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Jun 1965	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Jul 1986	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
31 Aug 1986	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
16 Aug 2008	68.2	Died	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

MicroData Summary for Wilhelm Emil Egger
(VIAF: 28139427; WikiData: Q730845)
Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger O.F.M. Cap. (born 14 May 1940, died 16 Aug 2008) Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Ad Limina - April 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Innsbruck, Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck, Austria
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Death Place Bolzano, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

a priest for 43.1 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Gargitter †
Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Gargitter †
Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi †
Archbishop of Trento
Bishop Reinhold Stecher †
Bishop of Innsbruck

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gargitter † (1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Deacon:
Bishop Michele Tomasi (1998)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Ivo Muser (1987)
Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (1989)
Bishop Michele Tomasi (1998)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. † (1997)
Bishop Mariano Manzana (2004)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Innsbruck, Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck, Austria
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Death Place	Bolzano, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Bressanone, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 99, Number 8,549
c1/loc: AM, 8 Feb 2024
qfmc: CB, 13 Jul 2024

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