Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D.

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Alexanum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 May 1946		Born
23 Dec 1972	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
24 Aug 2005	59.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Alexanum
24 Aug 2005	59.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
24 Aug 2005	59.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo
30 Sep 2005	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Alexanum
2 Feb 2013	66.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
4 Jul 2018	72.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
31 Dec 2021	75.5	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

MicroData Summary
Michael August Blume
Archbishop Michael August Blume S.V.D.
(born 30 May 1946)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place South Bend, IN, USA
Ordained Priest Our Lady of Hungary, Church, South Bend, IN
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Robert Crowley †
Titular Bishop of Maraguia
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Tepelta
Archbishop Leonardo Sandri
Titular Archbishop of Aemona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (2008)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I. (2014)
Bishop Gábor Mohos (2018)
Bishop Zsolt Marton (2019)
Bishop Tibor Berta (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	South Bend, IN, USA
Ordained Priest	Our Lady of Hungary, Church, South Bend, IN
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1926862

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Aug 2005
ob: CB
c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Number 14,981
ab: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2013
ab: Bollettino, 4 Jul 2018
r: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2021
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 17 Nov 2022

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