Bishop Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1669		Born
24 Jun 1687	17.5	Converted
24 Jun 1698	28.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Regensburg, Germany
29 Jun 1698	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regensburg, Germany
10 May 1717	47.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
10 May 1717	47.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
11 Jul 1717	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
17 Jun 1741	71.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

MicroData Summary for Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern
(VIAF: 42650968; WikiData: Q1539318)
Bishop Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern (born 19 Dec 1669, died 17 Jun 1741) Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg

Event Place
Birth Place Hattenheim
Ordained Bishop St. Georges, Monastery, Prufening

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Christian August Cardinal von Sachsen-Zeitz †
Archbishop of Esztergom
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Sigmund Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf †
Titular Bishop of Belline
Bishop Johann Adam Nieberlein †
Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christian August Cardinal von Sachsen-Zeitz † (1696)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Leopold Karl Cardinal von Kollonitsch Lipót † (1668)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Archbishop Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (1652)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hattenheim
Ordained Bishop	St. Georges, Monastery, Prufening

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1717, Number 12
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 209, and Page 328
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,527

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