Bishop Franz Anton von Henle †

Deceased

Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1851		Born
23 Nov 1873	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augsburg, Germany
3 Apr 1901	49.8	Selected	Bishop of Passau, Germany
18 Apr 1901	49.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Passau, Germany
16 Jun 1901	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Passau, Germany
18 Oct 1906	55.4	Selected	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Dec 1906	55.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Feb 1907	55.7	Installed	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
11 Oct 1927	76.3	Died	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Franz Anton von Henle
Bishop Franz Anton von Henle
(born 22 May 1851, died 11 Oct 1927)
Bishop of Regensburg

Event Place
Birth Place Weißenhorn

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Petrus von Hötzl, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör †
Bishop of Würzburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Baptist Hierl † (1911)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf † (1902)
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg † (1902)
Bishop Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiss (Spiß), O.S.B. † (1902)
Bishop Franz Xaver Geyer, F.S.C.J. † (1903)
Bishop Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. † (1905)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 59842593
WikiData: Q43892

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 442
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1901, Number 24

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