Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1911		Born	Basse-Yutz
14 Jul 1935	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 May 1958	47.1	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Metz, France
5 Jul 1958	47.2	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Metz, France
5 Jul 1958	47.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centenaria
13 Nov 1958	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Centenaria
30 Nov 1958	47.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Metz, France
1987	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Metz, France
9 Sep 1987	76.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

MicroData Summary for Paul Joseph Schmitt:
Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt (born 31 Mar 1911, died 9 Sep 1987) Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 28.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz †
Bishop of Metz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Marie Villot †
Titular Bishop of Vinda
Bishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †
Titular Bishop of Antandrus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz † (1934)
Bishop of Metz
Archbishop Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. † (1965)

Source(s):

c2+: LC

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