Bishop Franz Xaver Eder †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1925		Born
29 Jun 1954	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Passau, Germany
6 May 1977	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
6 May 1977	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis
16 Jul 1977	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis
26 Jan 1984	58.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Oct 1984	58.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Passau, Germany
8 Jan 2001	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Passau, Germany
20 Jun 2013	87.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

MicroData Summary
Franz Xaver Eder
Bishop Franz Xaver Eder
(born 4 Nov 1925, died 20 Jun 2013)
Bishop Emeritus of Passau

Event Place
Birth Place Pfarrkirchen
Ordained Bishop St. Etienne, Cathedral, Passau, Diocese of Passau

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 35.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antonius Hofmann †
Bishop of Passau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. †
Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari
Bishop Karl Borromäus Flügel †
Titular Bishop of Altiburus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonius Hofmann † (1961)
Bishop of Passau
Bishop Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. † (1936)
Bishop of Passau
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Franz von Bettinger † (1909)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Miloslav Cardinal Vlk † (1990)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 5740272
WikiData: Q45481

Source(s):

d: CB, 21 Jun 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,063

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