Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Motto: Ite, Docete, Baptizate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1928		Born
1 May 1952	23.5	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
Dec 1956³	28.1	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
30 May 1957	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
2 Jul 1984	55.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
15 Aug 1984	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
7 Mar 1987	58.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
17 Jul 2006	77.7	Retired	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
3 Apr 2022	93.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael Meier
Archbishop Michael Meier S.V.D.
(born 19 Oct 1928, died 3 Apr 2022)
Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wolfshausen, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Rebiamul Oval, Mount Hagen, Archdiocese of Mount Hagen
Death Place Wendelinusheim, Sankt Wendel, Diocese of Trier, Germany
Buried Place (Original) Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Mount Hagen, Archdiocese of Mount Hagen

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 37.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Alinda
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco De Nittis †
Titular Archbishop of Tunes
Bishop Gregory Singkai †
Bishop of Bougainville

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † (1960)
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (1996)
Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (1995)
Bishop Arnold Orowae † (2000)
Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (2000)
Bishop Cherubim Alfred Dambui † (2001)

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WikiData: Q103387

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 90, Number 7,626
d: CB, 6 Apr 2022

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