Melchior Cardinal Klesl †

Deceased

Bishop of Wien, Austria

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace

Administrator of Wiener Neustadt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1552		Born
1573²	20.8	Converted
30 Aug 1579	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wien, Austria
4 Oct 1588	36.6	Appointed	Administrator of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
15 Jul 1613	61.4	Appointed	Bishop of Wien, Austria
30 Mar 1614	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wien, Austria
2 Dec 1615	63.7	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
9 Apr 1616	64.1	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 1623	71.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
1 Jul 1624	72.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
18 Sep 1630	78.5	Died	Bishop of Wien, Austria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchior Klesl
(VIAF: 62351283; WikiData: Q78801)
Melchior Cardinal Klesl (born 19 Feb 1552, died 18 Sep 1630) Bishop of Wien

Consistory - 1615: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - April 1616: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 1621: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1623: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Wien, Diocese of Wien
Ordained Bishop Kremsmunster
Death Place Wiener Neustadt, Diocese of Wiener Neustadt
Buried Place (Original) Sankt Stefan, Cathedral, Wien, Diocese of Wien

a priest for 51.0 years
a bishop for 16.4 years
a cardinal for 14.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Johann Kaspar Neuböck †
Bishop of Wien
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Placido della Marra †
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
Assisted by:
Abbot Anton Wolhath, O.S.B.
Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
Father Georg Falb, O.S.B.
Priest of Order of Saint Benedict

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Placido della Marra † (1595)
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Péter Cardinal Pázmány, S.J. † (1617)
Archbishop Lilio Livioi † (1625)
Bishop Vincenzo Martinelli, O.P. † (1625)
Giovanni Battista Maria Cardinal Pallotta † (1628)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wien, Diocese of Wien
Ordained Bishop	Kremsmunster
Death Place	Wiener Neustadt, Diocese of Wiener Neustadt
Buried Place (Original)	Sankt Stefan, Cathedral, Wien, Diocese of Wien

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 2 Dec 1615
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1614, Number 3
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 256, and Page 368
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 169
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 63, Number 4,864

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a priest for 51.0 years a bishop for 16.4 years a cardinal for 14.7 years	Ordained Priest by: Bishop Johann Kaspar Neuböck † Bishop of Wien Principal Consecrator: Bishop Placido della Marra † Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla Assisted by: Abbot Anton Wolhath, O.S.B. Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Father Georg Falb, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Placido della Marra † (1595) Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Principal Consecrator of: Péter Cardinal Pázmány, S.J. † (1617) Archbishop Lilio Livioi † (1625) Bishop Vincenzo Martinelli, O.P. † (1625) Giovanni Battista Maria Cardinal Pallotta † (1628)