Franz Cardinal von Bettinger †

Deceased

Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1850		Born
17 Aug 1873	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Speyer, Germany
23 May 1909	58.6	Selected	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
26 Jun 1909	58.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
15 Aug 1909	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
25 May 1914	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal
28 May 1914	63.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
12 Apr 1917	66.5	Died	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Franz von Bettinger
Franz Cardinal von Bettinger
(born 17 Sep 1850, died 12 Apr 1917)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}

Consistory - 1914: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Landstuhl

a priest for 43.6 years
a bishop for 7.6 years
a cardinal for 2.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg †
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf †
Bishop of Passau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
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:
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber † (1911)
Bishop Johann Baptist von Neudecker † (1911)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/132090
VIAF: 15563249
WikiData: Q45153

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1909, Number 48

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