Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Byblus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1876		Born
1896²	19.9	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1898²	21.9	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
5 Feb 1899	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
16 Mar 1914	38.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
16 Mar 1914	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Byblus
28 Jun 1914	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Byblus
Jan 1921³	44.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
24 Nov 1922	46.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
23 Feb 1944	68.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Franz Wolf
Bishop Franz Wolf S.V.D.
(born 2 Feb 1876, died 23 Feb 1944)
Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Event Place
Birth Place Borbeck, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop Steyl
Death Place Hollandia, Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Madang, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 29.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Felix Cardinal von Hartmann †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen (Schrynen) †
Bishop of Roermond
Bishop Theodor Kappenberg †
Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Felix Cardinal von Hartmann † (1911)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. † (1923)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Borbeck, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Steyl
Death Place	Hollandia, Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Madang, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

External Link(s):

VIAF: 302762904
WikiData: Q1450411

Source(s):

op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 36
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 97
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 122

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