Bishop Petrus Legge †

Deceased

Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1882		Born
22 Mar 1907	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
9 Sep 1932	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
28 Oct 1932	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
9 Mar 1951	68.3	Died	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

MicroData Summary
Petrus Legge
Bishop Petrus Legge
(born 16 Oct 1882, died 9 Mar 1951)
Bishop of Meißen (Meissen)

Event Place
Birth Place Brakel, Diocese of Paderborn
Ordained Bishop Sankt Sebastian, Church, Magdeburg
Death Place Bautzen

a priest for 43.9 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Kaspar Klein †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nikolaus Bares †
Bishop of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Scheifes †
Titular Bishop of Cestrus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Kaspar Klein † (1920)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Karl Joseph Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Wilhelm Weskamm † (1949)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/121102
VIAF: 40180995
WikiData: Q2080991

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 77

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