Leopold Ernst Cardinal von Firmian †

Deceased

Bishop of Passau, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1708		Born
25 Sep 1729	21.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Passau, Germany
13 Feb 1739	30.3	Appointed	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
1 Mar 1739	30.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
29 May 1748	39.6	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy
16 Dec 1748	40.2	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy
20 Jan 1756	47.3	Resigned	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy
1 Sep 1763	54.9	Selected	Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Sep 1763	55.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Dec 1772	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Apr 1782	73.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
13 Mar 1783	74.4	Died	Bishop of Passau, Germany

MicroData Summary for Leopold Ernst von Firmian
(VIAF: 52038017; WikiData: Q85063)
Leopold Ernst Cardinal von Firmian (born 22 Sep 1708, died 13 Mar 1783) Bishop of Passau

Consistory - 1772: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1774/1775: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Trento, Diocese of Trento, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 44.0 years
a cardinal for 10.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Franz Valerian Felix von Arco †
Bishop of Chiemsee
Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Gabriel von Sarentheim †
Titular Bishop of Hypsus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † (1718)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach zu Rorau † (1702)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Johann Philipp Cardinal von Lamberg † (1690)
Bishop of Passau
Leopold Karl Cardinal von Kollonitsch Lipót † (1668)
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Archbishop Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (1652)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Anton Felix Ciurletti † (1744)
Archbishop Joseph Adam Arco † (1764)
Bishop Franz Karl Maria Cajetan von Firmian † (1774)
Bishop Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein † (1777)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian † (1744)
Archbishop Siegmund Christoph von Schrattenbach † (1753)
Bishop Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn † (1757)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Trento, Diocese of Trento, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 14 Dec 1772
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1739, Number 9
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 329, and Page 371
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 416
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,319
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 52, Number 3,619

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