Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Mostene

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1896		Born
25 Jul 1924	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
13 Jun 1939	43.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
13 Jun 1939	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mostene
3 Oct 1939	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mostene
6 Aug 1962	66.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
26 Nov 1964	68.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Leo Isidore Scharmach
Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach M.S.C.
(born 4 Apr 1896, died 26 Nov 1964)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul

Event Place
Birth Place Starograd

a priest for 40.3 years
a bishop for 25.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas James Wade, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Barbalissus
Bishop Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Medeli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. † (1923)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. † (1949)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 166846749
WikiData: Q11754391

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 52

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