Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}

Titular Bishop of Gadara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1788		Born	Gangelt
6 Mar 1812	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1844	56.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1844	56.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gadara
19 Jan 1845	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gadara
29 Sep 1847	59.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

a priest for 35.6 years
a bishop for 2.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen † (1845)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Casano † (1818)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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