Bishop Sigmund von Sachsen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1416		Born	Grimma
2 Jan 1440	23.8	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Jan 1440	23.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
Oct 1440³	24.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Aug 1442	26.4	Resigned	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
24 Dec 1471	55.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a bishop for 31.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Anton von Rotenhan † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Albrecht von Hohenrechberg † Peter Cardinal von Schaumberg †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Sigmund von Sachsen † (1440) Bishop Anton von Rotenhan † (1432) Bishop Christophe von Rotenhan †

Source(s):

b: BOB
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 2, Page 163
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Number 10,747

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