Bishop Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) †

Deceased

Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1517¹		Born
4 Dec 1555	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
2 Oct 1569	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
17 May 1575	58.3	Died	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels)
(VIAF: 315523550; WikiData: Q1257824)
Bishop Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) (born 1517, died 17 May 1575) Bishop of Basel

Event Place
Ordained Bishop S. Marcel, Delémont, Diocese of Basel
Death Place Porrentruy, Diocese of Basel

a bishop for 5.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jakob Eliner †
Titular Bishop of Ascalon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) †
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Assisted by:
Abbot Nicolas Rosenburg
Abbot

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jakob Eliner † (1551)
Titular Bishop of Ascalon
Bishop Juan Salazar Fernández †
Bishop of Lanciano

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	S. Marcel, Delémont, Diocese of Basel
Death Place	Porrentruy, Diocese of Basel

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 130
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1569, Number 16
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,155
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 59, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,285

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a bishop for 5.6 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Jakob Eliner † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) † Titular Bishop of Lydda Assisted by: Abbot Nicolas Rosenburg Abbot
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Jakob Eliner † (1551) Titular Bishop of Ascalon Bishop Juan Salazar Fernández † Bishop of Lanciano