Archbishop Michael Heiss †

Deceased

Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Motto: Gratia Et Pax

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1818		Born
18 Oct 1840	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 Mar 1868	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
6 Sep 1868	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
9 Apr 1880	61.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
9 Apr 1880	61.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
7 Sep 1881	63.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
26 Mar 1890	71.9	Died	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Heiss
Archbishop Michael Heiss
(born 12 Apr 1818, died 26 Mar 1890)
Archbishop of Milwaukee

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Pfahldorf, Diocese of Eichstätt, Germany
Ordained Priest Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt, Germany
Ordained Bishop St John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Milwaukee, Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death Place La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried Place (Original) Saint Francis Seminary Woods, Cemetery, Saint Francis, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 21.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Karl August von Reisach †
Bishop of Eichstätt
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Martin Henni †
Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) †
Titular Bishop of Zela
Bishop Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. †
Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Martin Henni † (1844)
Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner † (1886)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Rupert (Albert) Seidenbusch, O.S.B. † (1875)
Bishop John Vertin † (1879)
Bishop Kilian Casper Flasch † (1881)
Archbishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer † (1886)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer † (1875)
Archbishop John Ireland † (1875)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pfahldorf, Diocese of Eichstätt, Germany
Ordained Priest	Eichstätt, Diocese of Eichstätt, Germany
Ordained Bishop	St John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Milwaukee, Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death Place	La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Francis Seminary Woods, Cemetery, Saint Francis, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 83890435
Find a Grave (Cenotaph): 83796293
VIAF: 67310726
WikiData: Q6831058

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 77, and Page 231
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 385
c1: Sadlier's Catholic Directory, Year 1891, Page 29
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 36

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