Bishop Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1911		Born
1933²	21.6	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1937²	25.6	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
31 Oct 1937	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
19 Mar 1966	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
19 May 1966	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
27 Sep 1986	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
12 Sep 1993	82.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Friedrich Helmel
Bishop Friedrich Helmel S.V.D.
(born 2 May 1911, died 12 Sep 1993)
Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava

Event Place
Birth Place Lunz am See, Austria

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal König †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franz Jáchym †
Titular Archbishop of Maronea
Bishop Franz Žak †
Bishop of Sankt Pölten

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10285785

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Deceased Cardinals (back)
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 47

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