Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1867		Born
25 Mar 1890	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 Feb 1923	55.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
16 Feb 1923	55.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
24 Jun 1923	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
5 Jul 1929	61.6	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
20 Aug 1934	66.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger)
(VIAF: 309637387; WikiData: Q59780198)
Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger) O.F.M. Cap. (born 10 Nov 1867, died 20 Aug 1934) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam

Event Place
Birth Place Stans, Switzerland

a priest for 44.4 years
a bishop for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (1912)
Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie † (1863)
Archbishop of Alger
Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Stans, Switzerland

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 30

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