Archbishop Josef Schneider †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1906		Born	Nürnberg
25 Oct 1931	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bamberg, Germany
16 May 1955	49.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
13 Jul 1955	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
30 Jul 1976	70.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
18 Jan 1998	92.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

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a priest for 66.2 years
a bishop for 42.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Wendel †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph Cardinal Schröffer †
Bishop Artur Michael Landgraf †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Stangl †
Bishop Johann Lenhardt †
Bishop Martin Wiesend †
Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Werner Radspieler

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1955, Number 56

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