Bishop Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster †

Deceased

Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Nov 1799		Born
17 Apr 1825	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
19 May 1853	53.4	Selected	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
12 Sep 1853	53.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
18 Oct 1853	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
20 Oct 1881	81.9	Died	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

MicroData Summary
Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster
Bishop Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster
(born 24 Nov 1799, died 20 Oct 1881)
Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau)

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gross-Glogau
Ordained Bishop Breslau, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 28.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg †
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Latussek †
Titular Bishop of Diana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop of Trento
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Dionys von Rost † (1777)
Bishop of Chur
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Adrian Włodarski † (1861)
Bishop Leopold Pelldram † (1865)
Bishop Hermann Gleich † (1875)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Jakób Bogedain † (1858)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/86591
VIAF: 15566078
WikiData: Q70447

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 595
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1853, Number 43

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