Bishop Ferdinand Brossart †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Titular Bishop of Vallis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1849		Born
1 Sep 1892	42.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Covington, Kentucky, USA
9 Dec 1915	66.1	Appointed	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
25 Jan 1916	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
2 Mar 1923	73.3	Resigned	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
2 Mar 1923	73.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vallis
6 Aug 1930	80.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary for Ferdinand Brossart
(WikiData: Q97321)
Bishop Ferdinand Brossart (born 14 Oct 1849, died 6 Aug 1930) Bishop Emeritus of Covington

Event Place
Birth Place Buechelberg, Diocese of Speyer, Germany
Ordained Priest Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
Death Place Fort Melbourne, KY

a priest for 37.9 years
a bishop for 14.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henry Moeller †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Theophile Meerschaert †
Bishop of Oklahoma
Bishop James Joseph Hartley †
Bishop of Columbus, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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	Buechelberg, Diocese of Speyer, Germany
Ordained Priest	Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary, Cathedral, Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
Death Place	Fort Melbourne, KY

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1916, Number 8
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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