Archbishop Karl Fritz †

Deceased

Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1864		Born
12 Jul 1888	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
6 Sep 1920	56.0	Selected	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
12 Oct 1920	56.1	Confirmed	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
28 Oct 1920	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
7 Dec 1931	67.2	Died	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

MicroData Summary
Karl Fritz
Archbishop Karl Fritz
(born 20 Aug 1864, died 7 Dec 1931)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau

Event Place
Birth Place Adelhausen

a priest for 43.4 years
a bishop for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler †
Bishop of Rottenburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Justus Knecht †
Titular Bishop of Neve (Nebo)
Bishop Josef Damian Schmitt †
Bishop of Fulda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler † (1899)
Bishop of Rottenburg
Archbishop Thomas Nörber † (1898)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner † (1886)
Bishop of Mainz
Bishop Johannes Christian Roos † (1885)
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Georg von Kopp † (1881)
Bishop of Fulda
Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (1871)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)
Bishop of Osnabrück
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Wilhelm Burger † (1924)
Bishop Franz Joseph Fischer † (1930)
Bishop Anton Hilfrich † (1930)
Archbishop Conrad Gröber † (1931)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45063952
WikiData: Q1441269

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1920, Number 66

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