Bishop Klaus Küng

Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1940		Born
23 Aug 1970	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei
21 Jan 1989	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
5 Mar 1989	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
7 Oct 2004	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
17 May 2018	77.6	Retired	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

MicroData Summary for Klaus Küng
(VIAF: 55242673; WikiData: Q45489)
Bishop Klaus Küng (born 17 Sep 1940) Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bregenz
Ordained Bishop S. Nicolas, Cathedral, Feldkirch, Diocese of Feldkirch

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sankt Pölten.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bruno Wechner †
Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georg Eder †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Reinhold Stecher †
Bishop of Innsbruck

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bruno Wechner † (1955)
Bishop Emeritus of 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 of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Abbot Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist. (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Elmar Fischer † (2005)
Bishop Anton Leichtfried (2007)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,141
r: Bollettino, 17 May 2018

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