Bishop Franz Joseph Fischer †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Zuri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Aug 1871		Born
16 Jul 1895	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany
19 Dec 1929	58.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
19 Dec 1929	58.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zuri
24 Feb 1930	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zuri
24 Jul 1958	86.9	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Franz Joseph Fischer
Bishop Franz Joseph Fischer
(born 7 Aug 1871, died 24 Jul 1958)
Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg

Event Place
Birth Place Aalen, Diocese of Rottenburg
Ordained Bishop Sankt Martin, Cathedral, Rottenburg, Diocese of Rottenburg
Death Place Stuttgart, Diocese of Rottenburg

a priest for 63.0 years
a bishop for 28.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Karl Fritz †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Baptist Sproll †
Bishop of Rottenburg
Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo †
Bishop of Mainz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Karl Fritz † (1920)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler † (1899)
Bishop of Rottenburg
Archbishop Thomas Nörber † (1898)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner † (1886)
Bishop of Mainz
Bishop Johannes Christian Roos † (1885)
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Georg von Kopp † (1881)
Bishop of Fulda
Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (1871)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)
Bishop of Osnabrück
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Franz Xaver Eberle † (1934)
Bishop Otto Raible, S.A.C. † (1935)
Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht † (1948)
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier † (1953)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 171237896
WikiData: Q1447565

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 10
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Additions/Corrections (front)

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