Bishop Ivo Fürer †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1930		Born
3 Apr 1954	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
28 Mar 1995	64.9	Selected	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
29 Mar 1995	64.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
5 Jun 1995	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
16 Oct 2005	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
12 Jul 2022	92.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Ivo Fürer
Bishop Ivo Fürer
(born 20 Apr 1930, died 12 Jul 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen

Event Place
Birth Place Gossau
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sankt Gallen, Diocese of Sankt Gallen
Death Place Gossau
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Sankt Gallen, Diocese of Sankt Gallen

a priest for 68.2 years
a bishop for 27.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Otmar Mäder †
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Salina, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
Bishop Karl Lehmann †
Bishop of Mainz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Otmar Mäder † (1976)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Bishop Joseph Hasler † (1957)
Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Archbishop Gustavo Testa † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Amasea
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. (1995)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Markus Büchel (2006)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 206364235
WikiData: Q124745

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Oct 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,563

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