Bishop Josef Grünwald

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Fronta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1936		Born
29 May 1960	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augsburg, Germany
21 Feb 1995	58.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
21 Feb 1995	58.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fronta
18 Mar 1995	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fronta
4 Oct 2011	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Josef Grünwald
Bishop Josef Grünwald
(born 22 Aug 1936)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Augsburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Josef Stimpfle †
Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg
Bishop Rudolf Schmid †
Titular Bishop of Dionysiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. † (1993)
Bishop of Augsburg
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
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 Anton Losinger (2000)
Bishop Florian Wörner (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 50165912
WikiData: Q97482

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 4 Oct 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,590

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