Bishop Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)

Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Apostolic Administrator of Hamheung

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jan 1877		Born
4 Feb 1900	23.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
26 Jul 1903	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
25 Aug 1920	43.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Wonsan, Korea (North)
25 Aug 1920	43.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appiaria
1 May 1921	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Appiaria
9 Jul 1928	51.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ilan, China
15 Feb 1934	57.0	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Ilan, China
12 Jan 1940	63.0	Appointed	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
12 Jan 1940	63.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Hamheung, Korea (North)
7 Feb 1950	73.0	Died	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)

MicroData Summary for Boniface (Josef) Sauer
(VIAF: 2764148451576315970004; WikiData: Q4188503)
Bishop Boniface (Josef) Sauer O.S.B. (born 10 Jan 1877, died 7 Feb 1950) Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon

Event Place
Birth Place Oberuffhausen, Diocese of Fulda, Germany
Ordained Priest Dillingen
Ordained Bishop Seoul
Death Place Prison, Pyongyang

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 28.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Milo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Florian-Jean-Baptiste Demange, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Adrasus
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †
Bishop of Osaka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. † (1890)
Titular Bishop of Milo
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho † (1944)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † (1921)
Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. † (1927)
Bishop Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. † (1929)
Bishop Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. † (1937)
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro † (1942)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Oberuffhausen, Diocese of Fulda, Germany
Ordained Priest	Dillingen
Ordained Bishop	Seoul
Death Place	Prison, Pyongyang

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 26
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 61
ab: CB, 27 Oct 2017
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 24 Jan 2020
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 74, Additions/Corrections (back)
b: Biographia Benedictina, 18 Sep 2021

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