Bishop Martin Gächter

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

Titular Bishop of Betagbarar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1939		Born
28 Jun 1967	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
3 Feb 1987	47.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
3 Feb 1987	47.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar
28 May 1987	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar
22 Dec 2014	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Martin Gächter
Bishop Martin Gächter
(born 11 Nov 1939)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Ad Limina - December 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Basel, Diocese of Basel e Lugano
Ordained Bishop Holy Spirit, Basel, Diocese of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Otto Wüst †
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anton Hänggi †
Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Joseph Candolfi †
Titular Bishop of Frequentium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Otto Wüst † (1976)
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Anton Hänggi † (1968)
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Titular Bishop of Obbi
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 128606073
WikiData: Q124760

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 22 Dec 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 104, Number 9,030

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