Bishop Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan

Titular Bishop of Panemotichus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jul 1871		Born
1 Jul 1897	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
13 Apr 1915	43.7	Appointed	Prefect of Sapporo, Japan
18 Mar 1929	57.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan
18 Mar 1929	57.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Panemotichus
9 Jun 1929	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Panemotichus
1934²	62.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, Japan
1938²	66.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, Japan
Nov 1940³	69.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan
22 May 1952	80.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Wenceslas Joseph Kinold
Bishop Wenceslas Joseph Kinold O.F.M.
(born 7 Jul 1871, died 22 May 1952)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo

Event Place
Birth Place Giershagen, Diocese of Paderborn, Germany
Ordained Bishop Sapporo, Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo
Death Place Sapporo, Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo

a priest for 54.8 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Giardini, B. †
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Bishop Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mario Giardini, B. † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert-Henri-Charles Breton, M.E.P. † (1931)
Assisted:
Bishop Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J. † (1923)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16663455

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1929, Number 45
ab: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 7, Page 179

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