Bishop Léon Lommel †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1893		Born
13 Jul 1919	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Luxembourg
14 May 1949	56.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg
14 May 1949	56.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
29 Jun 1949	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nephelis
21 Oct 1956	63.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Luxembourg
13 Feb 1971	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Luxembourg
12 Jun 1978	85.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

MicroData Summary
Léon Lommel
Bishop Léon Lommel
(born 3 Feb 1893, died 12 Jun 1978)
Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

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 Schleiderhof

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Fernando Cento †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †
Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Selia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. † (1958)
Archbishop Jean Hengen † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † (1951)
Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen † (1957)
Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. † (1957)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Musty † (1957)
Bishop Carl Schmidt † (1962)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3595865
WikiData: Q1879444

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 47

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