Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand

Titular Bishop of Drusiliana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1871		Born	Hamburg, Germany
29 Jun 1912	41.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
24 Feb 1931	59.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
24 Feb 1931	59.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
19 Apr 1931	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana
10 Nov 1942	71.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
21 Mar 1960	88.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich (Gustav) Cardinal Piffl †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl †
Archbishop Franz Kamprath †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. † (1931)
Friedrich (Gustav) Cardinal Piffl † (1913)
Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1931, Number 11

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