Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.

Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1927		Born
6 Aug 1955	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jul 1972³	44.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru
21 Sep 1972	44.7	Installed	Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru
26 Jan 1983	55.1	Appointed	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru
27 Apr 1983	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru
18 Jun 2005	77.5	Retired	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer
Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer M.S.C.
(born 4 Dec 1927)
Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí

Event Place
Birth Place Ludwigsdorf/Neisse, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Church, Caravelí, Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

Please contact the Bishop through the Territorial Prelature of Caravelí.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari
Bishop Guido Breña López, O.P. †
Bishop of Ica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † (1973)
Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
Juan Cardinal Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. † (1952)
Archbishop of Lima
Juan Gualberto Cardinal Guevara y de la Cuba † (1941)
Archbishop of Lima
Archbishop Fernando Cento † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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:
Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (2005)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q825496

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Number 6,630
bp: CB, 31 Dec 2025

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