Bishop Petrus Legge †

Deceased

Bishop of Meissen (Meißen)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1882		Born	Brakel
22 Mar 1907	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
9 Sep 1932	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
28 Oct 1932	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
9 Mar 1951	68.4	Died	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany

a priest for 44.0 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nikolaus Bares †
Bishop Johannes Scheifes †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Petrus Legge † (1932)
Archbishop Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein † (1920)
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Antonius Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Cassano † (1818)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Wilhelm Weskamm †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1932, Number 77

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