Bishop Franz Žak †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jun 1917		Born
13 Jul 1947	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Pölten, Austria
4 Dec 1956	39.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
4 Dec 1956	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Apollonia
30 Dec 1956	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Apollonia
1 Oct 1961	44.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
8 May 1969	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Austria, Military
27 Sep 1985	68.2	Resigned	Bishop of Austria, Military
11 Jul 1991	74.0	Retired	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
28 Jan 2004	86.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

MicroData Summary
Franz Žak
Bishop Franz Žak
(born 30 Jun 1917, died 28 Jan 2004)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten

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

Event Place
Birth Place Niederedlitz, Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Ordained Bishop Sankt Pölten, Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Death Place Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 47.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael Memelauer †
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Memelauer †
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Sales Zauner †
Bishop of Linz
Bishop Joseph Streidt †
Titular Bishop of Macri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alois Stöger † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. † (1966)
Archbishop Alois Wagner † (1969)
Bishop Alfred Kostelecky † (1986)
Miloslav Cardinal Vlk † (1990)
Bishop Christian Werner (1992)
Bishop Heinrich Fasching † (1993)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 37709717
WikiData: Q1450040

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 112
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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