Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jul 1908		Born
4 Apr 1931	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Strasbourg, France
17 May 1957	48.8	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26 Oct 1957	49.3	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26 Oct 1957	49.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antandrus
16 Jan 1958	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antandrus
30 Dec 1966	58.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
16 Jul 1984	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
27 Jun 1998	89.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

MicroData Summary
Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger
Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger
(born 2 Jul 1908, died 27 Jun 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Soufflenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg
Ordained Priest Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg
Death Place Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg

a priest for 67.2 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †
Archbishop of Tours

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (1945)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † (1980)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt † (1958)
Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † (1959)
Bishop Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth † (1963)
Bishop Léon Hégelé † (1985)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Soufflenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg
Ordained Priest	Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg
Death Place	Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/83837
VIAF: 29533525
WikiData: Q332270

Source(s):

c2+: LC
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 2
c1: CB, 23 May 2025

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