Bishop Wolfgang von Closen †

Deceased

Bishop of Passau, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1503¹		Born
20 Dec 1555	52.9	Selected	Bishop of Passau, Germany
12 Jun 1556	53.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Passau, Germany
11 Oct 1556	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Passau, Germany
7 Aug 1561	58.5	Died	Bishop of Passau, Germany

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Wolfgang von Closen
(VIAF: 50011923; WikiData: Q1660905)
Bishop Wolfgang von Closen (born 1503, died 7 Aug 1561) Bishop of Passau

Event Place
Birth Place Haidenburg
Ordained Bishop Passau, Diocese of Passau

a bishop for 4.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Urban Sagstetter †
Bishop of Gurk

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg † (1555)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim † (1549)
Bishop of Regensburg
Bishop Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Haidenburg
Ordained Bishop	Passau, Diocese of Passau

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 271
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1556, Number 15
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 79, Number 6,378

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a bishop for 4.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg † Archbishop of Salzburg Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Urban Sagstetter † Bishop of Gurk
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg † (1555) Archbishop of Salzburg Bishop Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim † (1549) Bishop of Regensburg Bishop Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. † Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)