Bishop Elmar Fischer

Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1936		Born	Feldkirch
29 Jun 1961	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Feldkirch, Austria
24 May 2005	68.6	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
3 Jul 2005	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
15 Nov 2011	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Feldkirch.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bruno Wechner †
Titular Bishop of Cartennae
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Klaus Küng
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Alfredo Schäffler
Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Klaus Küng (1989)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Bishop Bruno Wechner † (1955)
Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Titular Bishop of Meloë in Isauria
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Benno Elbs (2013)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Nov 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 180, Number 14,912

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