Bishop Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1940		Born
1960	19.9	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
17 Dec 1965	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
31 May 2007	67.3	Appointed	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
14 Jul 2007	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
21 Jul 2017	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

MicroData Summary
Philipp Pöllitzer
Bishop Philipp Pöllitzer O.M.I.
(born 18 Jan 1940)
Bishop Emeritus of Keetmanshoop

Ad Limina - April 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mörtelsdorf, Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Church, Keetmanshoop, Diocese of Keetmanshoop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Keetmanshoop.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Andreas Rohracher †
Archbishop of Salzburg
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Patrick Green
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Windhoek
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Patrick Green (2006)
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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):

VIAF: 68662418
WikiData: Q2087112

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 May 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,480
r: Bollettino, 21 Jul 2017

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