Bishop Augustin-Sulpice Zen-Ruffinen †

Deceased

Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1765³		Born
20 Mar 1790	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
3 Apr 1790	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
25 May 1817	52.0	Selected	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Jul 1817	52.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
12 Oct 1817	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
21 Dec 1829	64.6	Died	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Augustin-Sulpice Zen-Ruffinen
(VIAF: 314889543; WikiData: Q63484619)
Bishop Augustin-Sulpice Zen-Ruffinen (born 21 Apr 1765, died 21 Dec 1829) Bishop of Sion {Sitten}

Event Place
Birth Place Loèche
Death Place Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}

a priest for 39.7 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Zen †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Assisted by:
Abbot Étienne Germain Pierraz, C.R.A. †
Abbot of Saint-Maurice

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Zen † (1816)
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Giovanni Filippo Cardinal Gallarati Scotti † (1793)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Luigi Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga † (1764)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Loèche
Death Place	Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1817, Number 34
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 340

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