Bishop Joseph Candolfi †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

Titular Bishop of Frequentium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1922		Born
1 Jul 1947	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
1 Jun 1983	60.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
1 Jun 1983	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Frequentium
29 Jun 1983	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Frequentium
30 Mar 1996	73.7	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
7 Aug 2011	89.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Joseph Candolfi
Bishop Joseph Candolfi
(born 15 Jul 1922, died 7 Aug 2011)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Event Place
Birth Place Reconvilier
Ordained Bishop Sts. Churs and Victor, Church, Soleure

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 28.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Otto Wüst †
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anton Hänggi †
Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Henri Schwery †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Otto Wüst † (1976)
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Anton Hänggi † (1968)
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Titular Bishop of Obbi
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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 Léon Hégelé † (1985)
Bishop Martin Gächter (1987)
Mister Hansjörg Vogel (1994)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/146759
VIAF: 88810991
WikiData: Q124276

Source(s):

d: CB, 8 Aug 2011
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Number 6,741

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