Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.

Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Bishop of Austria, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1945		Born	Skalsko, Czech Republic
27 Dec 1970	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
11 Jul 1991	46.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
11 Jul 1991	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sutrium
29 Sep 1991	46.7	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	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Austria, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
21 Feb 1998	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	53.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

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

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Ordained Priest by:
Franz Cardinal König †
Principal Consecrator:
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franz Cardinal König †
Bishop Vojtech Cikrle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P. (1991)
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. † (1986)
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl † (1913)
Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stephan Turnovszky
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alois Schwarz
Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.
Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P.
Bishop Franz Scharl
Bishop Stephan Turnovszky
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anton Leichtfried

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