Bishop Ludwig Forwerk †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia

Administrator of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Aug 1816		Born
14 Nov 1839	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
11 Jul 1854	37.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
11 Jul 1854	37.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia
24 Sep 1854	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia
26 Jan 1855	38.4	Appointed	Administrator of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
8 Jan 1875	58.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

MicroData Summary for Ludwig Forwerk
(VIAF: 20437650; WikiData: Q1551365)
Bishop Ludwig Forwerk (born 29 Aug 1816, died 8 Jan 1875) Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony)

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Dresden
Ordained Bishop S. Guy, Cathedral, Praha, Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
Death Place Dresden

a priest for 35.1 years
a bishop for 20.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg †
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Assisted by:
Abbot Hieronymus Josef Zeidler, O. Praem.
Abbot of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
Father Jakob Beer, O.Cr. †
Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dresden
Ordained Bishop	S. Guy, Cathedral, Praha, Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
Death Place	Dresden

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 338
b: CB, 12 Oct 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1854, Number 32
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Number 19,193
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,564

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