Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun

Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1930		Born
10 Oct 1958	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augsburg, Germany
17 Apr 1984	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
16 Jun 1984	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
25 Mar 1995	64.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
25 May 1995	64.4	Installed	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
2 Jul 2001	70.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Karl Heinrich Braun
Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun
(born 13 Dec 1930)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg

Event Place
Birth Place Kempten
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alois Brems †
Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel †
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Josef Stimpfle †
Bishop of Augsburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alois Brems † (1968)
Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt
Archbishop Joseph Schröffer † (1948)
Titular Archbishop of Volturnum
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Walter Mixa (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anton Losinger (2000)
Archbishop Herwig Gössl (2014)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 77123244
WikiData: Q45492

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,209

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