Bishop Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) †

Deceased

Bishop of Strasbourg, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1794		Born
31 Aug 1816	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
20 Aug 1840	46.3	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
14 Dec 1840	46.6	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
14 Dec 1840	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
14 Feb 1841	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
27 Aug 1842	48.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
17 Nov 1887	93.6	Died	Bishop of Strasbourg, France

MicroData Summary
Andreas (André) Räß (Raess)
Bishop Andreas (André) Räß (Raess)
(born 6 Apr 1794, died 17 Nov 1887)
Bishop of Strasbourg

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Sigolsheim

a priest for 71.2 years
a bishop for 46.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu †
Archbishop of Besançon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion †
Bishop of Saint-Dié
Bishop Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud †
Titular Bishop of Ioppe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu † (1833)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Aloys Kobès, C.S.Sp. † (1848)
Archbishop Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. † (1863)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Marie Doney † (1844)
Bishop Josef von Lipp † (1848)
Bishop Louis-Auguste Delalle † (1855)
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli † (1870)
Bishop Joseph-Clair Reyne † (1870)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph Marchal † (1875)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/37585
VIAF: 73843223
WikiData: Q324291

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 88, and Page 323
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1841, Number 4

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