Bishop Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Titular Bishop of Samosata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1864		Born
3 Mar 1889	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
21 Sep 1889	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
18 Feb 1928	63.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cambogia
18 Feb 1928	63.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Samosata
1 May 1928	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Samosata
17 Dec 1928	64.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
23 Mar 1936	71.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

MicroData Summary
Valentin Herrgott
Bishop Valentin Herrgott M.E.P.
(born 11 Oct 1864, died 23 Mar 1936)
Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh

Event Place
Birth Place Mitzach, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Deacon Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Chapel, Seminary, Culaogien
Death Place Phnom-Penh, Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 7.8 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †
Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Abdera
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Constantino Ajutti (Aiutti) †
Titular Archbishop of Phasis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Zoara
Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Lipara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Constantino Ajutti (Aiutti) † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Phasis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. † (1933)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102391359
WikiData: Q42219265

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 29
loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Additions/Corrections (front)
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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