Bishop Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †

Deceased

Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Olena

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1900		Born
25 Sep 1922	22.6	Entered	Member of Society of Precious Blood
1 Nov 1925	25.7	First Vows	Member of Society of Precious Blood
1 Nov 1928	28.7	Final Vows	Member of Society of Precious Blood
29 Jun 1930	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Precious Blood
6 Jul 1935	35.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Xingu, Para, Brazil
17 Jan 1948	47.9	Appointed	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil
17 Jan 1948	47.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olena
19 May 1948	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Olena
26 Apr 1971	71.2	Resigned	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil
14 Jun 1995	95.3	Died	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Clemente Geiger
Bishop Clemente Geiger C.Pp.S.
(born 27 Jan 1900, died 14 Jun 1995)
Prelate Emeritus of Xingu

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Leuterschach, Diocese of Augsburg, Germany
Ordained Priest Klagenfurt
Ordained Bishop Saint Monica, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Death Place Rankweil, Austria

a priest for 64.9 years
a bishop for 47.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Adam Hefter †
Bishop of Gurk
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.Pp.S. †
Titular Bishop of Thasus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman †
Bishop of Evansville, Indiana
Bishop John Anthony King Mussio †
Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.Pp.S. † (1947)
Titular Bishop of Thasus
Bishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara † (1930)
Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri
Archbishop Edward Daniel Howard † (1924)
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Archbishop Austin Dowling † (1912)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bishop Matthew A. Harkins † (1887)
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island
Archbishop John Joseph Williams † (1866)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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	Leuterschach, Diocese of Augsburg, Germany
Ordained Priest	Klagenfurt
Ordained Bishop	Saint Monica, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Death Place	Rankweil, Austria

External Link(s):

VIAF: 500154387298630970003
WikiData: Q103187

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 46
qcps/c1/aadm: CB, 9 Sep 2025

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