Bishop Olaf Offerdahl †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

Titular Bishop of Selia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1857		Born
22 Nov 1891	33.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Norvegia (Norway)
11 Oct 1928	70.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
12 Mar 1930	72.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
3 Apr 1930	72.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Selia
6 Apr 1930	72.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Selia
7 Oct 1930	72.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

MicroData Summary
Olaf Offerdahl
Bishop Olaf Offerdahl
(born 12 Dec 1857, died 7 Oct 1930)
Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

Event Place
Birth Place Årdal i Sogn
Ordained Bishop College de Propaganda Fide, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Bussum

a priest for 38.8 years
a bishop for .5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7082982

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 17

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