József Cardinal Samassa †

Deceased

Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

Cardinal-Priest of San Marco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1828		Born
22 Jul 1852	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
23 Jul 1852	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Feb 1871	42.3	Selected	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
26 Jun 1871	42.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
30 Jul 1871	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
27 Aug 1871	42.9	Installed	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
18 Jun 1873	44.7	Selected	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
25 Jul 1873	44.8	Confirmed	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
11 Dec 1905	77.1	Elevated to Cardinal
11 Dec 1905	77.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
20 Aug 1912	83.8	Died	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

MicroData Summary for József Samassa
(VIAF: 121454477; WikiData: Q1255384)
József Cardinal Samassa (born 30 Sep 1828, died 20 Aug 1912) Archbishop of Eger

Consistory - 1905: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Aranyos-Maróth
Ordained Bishop Esztergom, Archdiocese of Esztergom

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 41.0 years
a cardinal for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop János Simor †
Archbishop of Esztergom
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop János Zalka †
Bishop of Győr (Raab)
Bishop Joseph Szabó †
Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop János Simor † (1857)
Archbishop of Esztergom
János Keresztély Cardinal Scitovszky † (1828)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Bishop Ferenc (František) Lajcsák (Lajčák) † (1825)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Bishop József Vurum † (1816)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Archbishop István Fischer de Nagy † (1804)
Archbishop of Eger
Archbishop Ferenc Fuchs † (1788)
Archbishop of Eger
József Cardinal Batthyány † (1759)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Archbishop Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (1751)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Gábor Szele † (1888)
Bishop Pal Szmrecsányi † (1892)
Bishop Sandor Párvy † (1903)
Archbishop Lajos Szmrecsányi † (1905)
Bishop Tibor Boromisza † (1906)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) † (1874)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Aranyos-Maróth
Ordained Bishop	Esztergom, Archdiocese of Esztergom

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 82, and Page 504
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 24

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