Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umtata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1930		Born	Amberg
29 Jun 1955	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Apr 1997	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
28 Jun 1997	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
8 Feb 2008	77.9	Retired	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
5 Mar 2011	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 13.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook †
Bishop Fritz Lobinger

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer † (1997)
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 8 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,024
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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