Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1929		Born
16 Sep 1954	25.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Sep 1957	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Sep 1977	48.2	Appointed	Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict
1992	62.5	Resigned	Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict
24 Dec 1992	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
30 Jan 1993	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
9 Jun 2004	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
2 Mar 2020	90.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Viktor Josef Dammertz
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz O.S.B.
(born 8 Jun 1929, died 2 Mar 2020)
Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg

Event Place
Birth Place Schäphuysen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg
Death Place Sankt Ottilien Archabbey

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 27.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Josef Freundorfer †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lajos Kada †
Titular Archbishop of Thibica
Bishop Josef Stimpfle †
Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B. (2001)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Grünwald (1995)
Bishop Anton Losinger (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Walter Mixa (1996)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/196041
VIAF: 57417647
WikiData: Q73722

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Number 11,998
d: CB, 2 Mar 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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