Bishop Maximilian Gereon von Galen †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Titular Bishop of Myrina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Oct 1832		Born
26 Jul 1856	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
16 Jul 1895	62.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
16 Jul 1895	62.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Myrina
25 Jul 1895	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Myrina
5 Nov 1908	76.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

MicroData Summary for Maximilian Gereon von Galen
(VIAF: 80709837; WikiData: Q1913955)
Bishop Maximilian Gereon von Galen (born 10 Oct 1832, died 5 Nov 1908) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster

Event Place
Birth Place Münster, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop College Germanique, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 13.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Ponzi †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. † (1905)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Münster, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop	College Germanique, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 399
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 44

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