Bishop Otmar Mäder †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1921		Born
22 Mar 1947	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
23 Mar 1976	54.3	Selected	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
25 Mar 1976	54.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
2 May 1976	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
24 Sep 1994	72.8	Retired	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
25 Apr 2003	81.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Otmar Mäder
Bishop Otmar Mäder
(born 15 Nov 1921, died 25 Apr 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen

Event Place
Birth Place Mörschwil

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Hasler †
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Bishop Anton Hänggi †
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Hasler † (1957)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Archbishop Gustavo Testa † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Amasea
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. (1994)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ivo Fürer † (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Henri Cardinal Schwery † (1977)
Archbishop Wolfgang Haas (1988)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 22631511
WikiData: Q124751

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)

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