Bishop Hubert Bucher †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1931		Born
29 Jun 1957	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regensburg, Germany
9 Dec 1976	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
27 Mar 1977	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
31 Dec 2008	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
23 Jul 2021	90.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Hubert Bucher
Bishop Hubert Bucher
(born 21 Jun 1931, died 23 Jul 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Bethlehem, Diocese of Bethlehem
Death Place Schönhofen, Nittendorf, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Buried Place (Original) St. Peter, Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 44.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Umtata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Johannesburg
Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger †
Titular Bishop of Abziri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † (1972)
Bishop of Umtata
Bishop Alfredo Poledrini † (1965)
Titular Bishop of Vazari
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo (1991)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo (2008)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † (1977)
Archbishop Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † (1990)
Stephen Cardinal Brislin (2007)
Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. (2009)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/249815
VIAF: 13657310
WikiData: Q113822

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,659
d: CB, 24 Jul 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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