Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.

Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Eastern Rites

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1945		Born
27 Dec 1970	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
11 Jul 1991	46.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
11 Jul 1991	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sutrium
29 Sep 1991	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sutrium
13 Apr 1995	50.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Sep 1995	50.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
6 Nov 1995	50.7	Appointed	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
21 Feb 1998	53.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	53.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore
22 Nov 1998	53.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

MicroData Summary
Christoph Schönborn
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn O.P.
(born 22 Jan 1945)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - January 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Skalsko, Diocese of Litoměřice, Czechia
Ordained Bishop Sankt Stefan, Cathedral, Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Franz Cardinal König †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Consecrator:
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franz Cardinal König †
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle
Bishop of Brno

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. † (1986)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stephan Turnovszky (1998)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alois Schwarz (1997)
Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. (2001)
Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P. † (2003)
Bishop Franz Scharl (2006)
Bishop Stephan Turnovszky (2008)
Bishop Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anton Leichtfried (2007)
Bishop Benno Elbs (2013)
Bishop Werner Freistetter (2015)
Father Renato Tarantelli Baccari (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 113232459
WikiData: Q44747

Source(s):

i: Bollettino, 16 Nov 1998
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127, Number 11,475
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Deceased Cardinals (back)
NAME: CB, 22 Oct 2018

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