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Bishop Joseph Damian Schmitt †

Deceased

Bishop of Fulda

Events

a priest for 56.5 years a bishop for 32.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. † Bishop of Limburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. † (1898) Bishop of Limburg Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner † (1886) Bishop of Mainz Bishop Johannes Christian Roos † (1885) Bishop of Limburg Bishop Georg von Kopp † (1881) Bishop of Fulda Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (1871) Bishop of Hildesheim Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866) Bishop of Osnabrück Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850) Bishop of Hildesheim Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821) Archbishop of Bamberg Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818) Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786) Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Christian Schreiber † (1921) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Karl Augustinus Kilian † (1913) Archbishop Karl Fritz † (1920) Archbishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. † (1926) Bishop Anton Hilfrich † (1930)