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Bishop Peter Birkhofer

Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana

Motto: Radicati In Caritate

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Immenstaad am Bodensee, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Konstanz, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Freiburg im Breisgau, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau. a priest for years a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by: Archbishop Oskar Saier † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Stephan Burger Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Principal Co-Consecrators: Karl-Josef Cardinal Rauber † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia Archbishop Georg Gänswein Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Stephan Burger (2014) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Robert Zollitsch (2003) Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Oskar Saier † (1972) Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922) Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872) Archbishop of Paris Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842) Archbishop of Paris Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832) Bishop of Marseille 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 Josef Stübi (2023)

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