Bishop Benno Elbs

Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1960		Born
16 May 1986	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Feldkirch, Austria
16 Nov 2011	51.0	Appointed	Administrator of Feldkirch, Austria
8 May 2013	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
30 Jun 2013	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
20 Sep 2023	62.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

MicroData Summary
Benno Elbs
Bishop Benno Elbs
(born 16 Oct 1960)
Bishop of Feldkirch

Ad Limina - January 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bregenz, Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Feldkirch, Diocese of Feldkirch

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Feldkirch.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bruno Wechner †
Bishop of Feldkirch
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Elmar Fischer †
Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. † (1997)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Reinhold Stecher † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Hansjörg Hofer (2017)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 220790447
WikiData: Q817920

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 May 2013
ob/c2+: CB, 13 May 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,809
ab: Bollettino, 20 Sep 2023

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