Bishop Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Mar 1879		Born
5 Oct 1902	23.5	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
23 Jul 1905	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Feb 1922	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Lindi, Tanzania
15 Feb 1928	48.8	Appointed	Abbot of Lindi, Tanzania
11 Dec 1933	54.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia
1 Jul 1934	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Graecia
6 Dec 1952	73.6	Resigned	Abbot of Peramiho, Tanzania
26 Nov 1966	87.6	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger
(VIAF: 315973766; WikiData: Q20606040)
Bishop Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger O.S.B. (born 27 Mar 1879, died 26 Nov 1966) Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho

Event Place
Birth Place Büron, Switzerland
Death Place Peramiho

a priest for 61.3 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Arthur Hinsley †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Raymund (Albin) Netzhammer, O.S.B. †
Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus
Bishop Joseph Ambühl †
Bishop of Basel e Lugano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Arthur Hinsley † (1926)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eberhard (Hermann) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. † (1953)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 56
ab: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 166
ab: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 20, Page 265, and Page 415
ab: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 26, Page 11, and Page 61
b: Biographia Benedictina, 18 Sep 2021

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