Bishop Robert Bürkler †

Deceased

Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1863		Born
17 Mar 1888	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
28 Oct 1913	50.6	Selected	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
16 Dec 1913	50.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
1 Feb 1914	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
28 May 1930	67.2	Died	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Robert Bürkler
Bishop Robert Bürkler
(born 6 Mar 1863, died 28 May 1930)
Bishop of Sankt Gallen

Event Place
Birth Place Rorschach, Diocese of Sankt Gallen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sankt Gallen, Diocese of Sankt Gallen

a priest for 42.1 years
a bishop for 16.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jakobus von Stammler †
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Georg Schmid von Grüneck †
Bishop of Chur
Bishop Sigismund Waitz †
Titular Bishop of Cibyra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jakobus von Stammler † (1906)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Bishop Johannes Fidelis Battaglia † (1889)
Bishop of Chur
Bishop Augustin Egger † (1882)
Bishop of Sankt Gallen
Bishop Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. † (1863)
Bishop of Basel
Bishop Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † (1841)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu † (1833)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Viktor Bieler † (1919)
Bishop Joseph Ambühl † (1925)
Bishop Anton Gisler † (1928)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/249968
VIAF: 314873898
WikiData: Q3938225

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 5
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 632

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