Bishop Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

Titular Bishop of Sidyma

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1923		Born
11 Jul 1948	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
9 Feb 1967	43.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
9 Feb 1967	43.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
18 May 1967	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
9 Feb 1968	44.9	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
30 Dec 1974	51.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

MicroData Summary
Karl (Charles) Reiterer
Bishop Karl (Charles) Reiterer M.H.M.
(born 1 Mar 1923, died 30 Dec 1974)
Vicar Apostolic of Kuching

Event Place
Birth Place Meltina/Mölten, Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Meltina/Mölten, Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
Death Place Brixen, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Verano/Vöran, Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

a priest for 26.4 years
a bishop for 7.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Gargitter †
Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Tororo
Bishop Heinrich Forer †
Titular Bishop of Memphis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gargitter † (1952)
Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu † (1969)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu † (1969)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64777341

Source(s):

loc: CB, 15 May 2026
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1967, Number 56

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