Bishop Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1847		Born
29 Mar 1873	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany
1882²	34.0	Entered	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
7 Dec 1883	35.9	Professed	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
5 Oct 1905	57.8	Selected	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Dec 1905	58.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
27 Dec 1905	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
20 Jun 1932	84.5	Died	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Leo (Johannes) von Mergel
(VIAF: 69710998; WikiData: Q103513)
Bishop Leo (Johannes) von Mergel O.S.B. (born 9 Dec 1847, died 20 Jun 1932) Bishop of Eichstätt

Event Place
Birth Place Rohrbach
Death Place Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt

a priest for 59.2 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Caputo †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör †
Bishop of Würzburg
Bishop Franz Anton von Henle †
Bishop of Regensburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Caputo † (1883)
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Cardinal Bilio, B. † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Göbl † (1911)
Bishop Johann Baptist Hierl † (1911)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Adam Senger † (1913)
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried † (1924)
Bishop Johann Baptist Schauer † (1928)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rohrbach
Death Place	Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1905, Number 57
b: Biographia Benedictina, 17 Sep 2021

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