Bishop Alfred Kostelecky †

Deceased

Bishop of Austria, Military

Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 May 1920		Born
29 Jun 1948	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
12 Nov 1986	66.4	Appointed	Bishop of Austria, Military
12 Nov 1986	66.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aggar
14 Dec 1986	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aggar
10 Feb 1990	69.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt
22 Feb 1994	73.7	Died	Bishop of Austria, Military

MicroData Summary
Alfred Kostelecky
Bishop Alfred Kostelecky
(born 15 May 1920, died 22 Feb 1994)
Bishop of Austria, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
Ordained Bishop St. Etienne, Wien, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 7.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Karl Berg †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Franz Žak †
Bishop of Sankt Pölten

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † (1986)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop Emeritus 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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Christian Werner (1992)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 295526310
WikiData: Q2645316

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,671

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