Bishop Ferdinand Dirichs †

Deceased

Bishop of Limburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Nov 1894		Born	Frankfurt am Main
23 Dec 1922	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limburg, Germany
24 Sep 1947	52.8	Appointed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
21 Nov 1947	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
27 Dec 1948	54.1	Died	Bishop of Limburg, Germany

a priest for 26.0 years
a bishop for 1.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Johannes Baptist Dietz †
Bishop Albert Stohr †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ferdinand Dirichs † (1947)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1947, Number 123

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