Bishop Michael Helding †

Deceased

Bishop of Merseburg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1506¹		Born
1533	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
6 Feb 1538	32.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
6 Feb 1538	32.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sidon
21 Apr 1538	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sidon
28 May 1549	43.4	Selected	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
17 Mar 1550	44.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
30 Sep 1561	55.7	Died	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Michael Helding
(VIAF: 27866071; WikiData: Q109064)
Bishop Michael Helding (born 1506, died 30 Sep 1561) Bishop of Merseburg

Event Place
Birth Place Langenenslingen
Ordained Bishop Aschaffenburg
Death Place Wien

a priest for 28.7 years
a bishop for 23.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Albrecht von Brandenburg †
Archbishop of Mainz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Salona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Albrecht von Brandenburg † (1514)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Dietrich von Bülow †
Bishop of Lebus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Sebastian von Heusenstamm † (1546)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Langenenslingen
Ordained Bishop	Aschaffenburg
Death Place	Wien

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 299, and Page 242
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1538, Number 12
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 97, Number 8,264

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a priest for 28.7 years a bishop for 23.4 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Albrecht von Brandenburg † Archbishop of Mainz Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Salona
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Albrecht von Brandenburg † (1514) Archbishop of Mainz Bishop Dietrich von Bülow † Bishop of Lebus	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Sebastian von Heusenstamm † (1546)