Bishop Hilarin (Josef) Felder, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Geras

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1867		Born
1886²	18.4	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Sep 1890	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 Apr 1938	70.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Geras
13 Jun 1938	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Geras
27 Nov 1951	84.3	Died	Titular Bishop of Geras

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Hilarin (Josef) Felder
Bishop Hilarin (Josef) Felder O.F.M. Cap.
(born 20 Jul 1867, died 27 Nov 1951)
Titular Bishop of Geras

Event Place
Birth Place Eich, Diocese of Basel, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo de Brindisi, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Freiburg, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

a priest for 61.1 years
a bishop for 13.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Bishop Marius Besson †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani † (1918)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/101424
VIAF: 39684688
WikiData: Q1618098

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 45

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