Archbishop Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany

Bishop of Verden

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1487¹		Born
7 May 1501	14.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
7 Jun 1503	16.4	Appointed	Bishop of Verden, Germany
4 Dec 1511	24.9	Succeeded	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
18 Jul 1518	31.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
22 Jan 1558	71.0	Died	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
(VIAF: 81178314; WikiData: Q1086172)
Archbishop Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (born 1487, died 22 Jan 1558) Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg)

Event Place
Birth Place Wolfenbüttel
Ordained Bishop Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg

a bishop for 39.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Albrecht Cardinal von Brandenburg †
Archbishop of Mainz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Albrecht Cardinal von Brandenburg † (1514)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Dietrich von Bülow †
Bishop of Lebus

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wolfenbüttel
Ordained Bishop	Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1518, Number 17
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 331, and Page 139
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 110, and Page 265
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 103, Number 8,926

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a bishop for 39.5 years	Principal Consecrator: Albrecht Cardinal von Brandenburg † Archbishop of Mainz
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Albrecht Cardinal von Brandenburg † (1514) Archbishop of Mainz Bishop Dietrich von Bülow † Bishop of Lebus