Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1896		Born
29 Jun 1927	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
3 Apr 1941	44.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa
3 Apr 1941	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Badiae
22 May 1941	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Badiae
11 Jan 1951	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
26 Sep 1968	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
26 Sep 1968	71.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace
3 Mar 1971	74.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace
2 Mar 1976	79.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Joseph Grueter
Bishop Joseph Grueter C.M.M.
(born 4 Dec 1896, died 2 Mar 1976)
Bishop Emeritus of Umtata

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 Ruswil, Switzerland

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Bishop Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. † (1951)
Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † (1968)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 65071873
WikiData: Q16887875

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1941, Number 24

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