Archbishop Georg Gänswein

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jul 1956		Born
19 Dec 1982	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
31 May 1984	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
7 Dec 2012	56.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
7 Dec 2012	56.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
6 Jan 2013	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
28 Feb 2023	66.5	Ceased	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
24 Jun 2024	67.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
24 Jun 2024	67.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia
24 Jun 2024	67.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

MicroData Summary
Georg Gänswein
Archbishop Georg Gänswein
(born 30 Jul 1956)
Apostolic Nuncio of Lithuania

Event Place
Birth Place Waldshut
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Lithuania.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Oskar Saier †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XVI
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski †
Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Birkhofer (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Waldshut
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/274016
VIAF: 61647452
WikiData: Q60628

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2012
ob/c2: CB, 9 Dec 2012
c34: CB, 3 Jan 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Number 17,626
r: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2023

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