Archbishop Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1853		Born	Niederhemer, Germany
1874¹	20.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
28 Aug 1876	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
8 Sep 1901	47.9	Selected	Bishop of Metz, France
21 Sep 1901	47.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Metz, France
28 Oct 1901	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
31 Jul 1919	65.8	Resigned	Bishop of Metz, France
31 Jul 1919	65.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
16 Apr 1921	67.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 44.6 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Michael Felix Korum †
  Bishop of Trier
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) †
  Bishop of Strasbourg
- Bishop Karl Ernst Schrod †
  Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Felix Korum † (1881)
Bishop of Trier
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Anton Mönch † (1915)
Assisted:
- Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. † (1897)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 381
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1901, Number 60