Bishop Bruno Wechner †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1908		Born
26 Jul 1933	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Innsbruck, Austria
31 Dec 1954	46.4	Appointed	Vicar General of Innsbruck, Austria
31 Dec 1954	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cartennae
12 Mar 1955	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cartennae
9 Dec 1968	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
15 Dec 1968	60.4	Installed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
21 Jan 1989	80.5	Retired	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
28 Dec 1999	91.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria

MicroData Summary for Bruno Wechner
(VIAF: 160131094; WikiData: Q993917)
Bishop Bruno Wechner (born 1 Jul 1908, died 28 Dec 1999) Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch

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 Götzis im Vorarlberg

a priest for 66.4 years
a bishop for 44.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paulus Rusch †
Titular Bishop of Meloë in Isauria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Meile †
Bishop of Sankt Gallen
Bishop Joseph Gargitter †
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Titular Bishop of Meloë in Isauria
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

Ordained Priest:
Abbot Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. † (1957)
Bishop Elmar Fischer † (1961)
Bishop Benno Elbs (1986)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. † (1971)
Bishop Klaus Küng (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Reinhold Stecher † (1981)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1955, Number 13
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 202
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 847, Ascendance

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