Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1930		Born
29 Jun 1955	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regensburg, Germany
21 Apr 1997	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
28 Jun 1997	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
8 Feb 2008	77.9	Retired	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
5 Mar 2011	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Oswald Georg Hirmer
Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer
(born 24 Feb 1930, died 5 Mar 2011)
Bishop Emeritus of Umtata

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Amberg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Ikkwesi Lokhusa School Sports Grounds, Umtata, Diocese of Umtata
Death Place Durban, Archdiocese of Durban

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Durban
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook †
Bishop Emeritus of Umtata
Bishop Fritz Lobinger †
Bishop of Aliwal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 264405380
WikiData: Q120551

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 8 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,024
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 9 Jan 2026

✠