Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1873		Born
1896	22.5	Professed	Member of Society of Mary
9 Jan 1898	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
7 Jan 1938	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Germany, Military
7 Jan 1938	64.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
20 Feb 1938	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
1 Feb 1945	71.6	Resigned	Bishop of Germany, Military
9 Feb 1950	76.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

MicroData Summary
Franz Justus Rarkowski
Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski
(born 8 Jun 1873, died 9 Feb 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Olsztyn, Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
Ordained Bishop Berlin, Diocese of Berlin

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 11.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo †
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †
Bishop of Berlin
Bishop Bl. Clemens August von Galen †
Bishop of Münster

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
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: 59874356
WikiData: Q95922

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 10

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