Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jun 1909		Born
16 May 1931	21.9	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
15 Mar 1936	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
12 Jun 1947	37.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
12 Jun 1947	37.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
14 Sep 1947	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
11 Jan 1951	41.5	Appointed	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
24 Jul 1973	64.1	Died	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri
Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri O.S.B.
(born 16 Jun 1909, died 24 Jul 1973)
Bishop of Eshowe

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 Memmingen, Germany
Ordained Bishop Eshowe, Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe
Death Place Mtunzini

a priest for 37.3 years
a bishop for 25.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis
Bishop Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Tingis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † (1954)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64776405

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 91
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,132

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