Bishop Ludwig Philipp Schaefer †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Apostolic Administrator of Lausitz (Lusatia)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1853		Born
6 Sep 1876	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
4 Apr 1906	52.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
4 Apr 1906	52.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
4 Apr 1906	52.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
16 May 1906	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
5 Sep 1914	61.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany

MicroData Summary
Ludwig Philipp Schaefer
Bishop Ludwig Philipp Schaefer
(born 2 May 1853, died 5 Sep 1914)
Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony)

Event Place
Birth Place Dingelstädt

a priest for 37.9 years
a bishop for 8.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Franz Zorn von Bulach †
Titular Bishop of Erythrum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) † (1891)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Bishop François-Louis (Franz Ludwig) Fleck † (1881)
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Paul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges † (1843)
Bishop of Metz
Archbishop François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot † (1839)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Augustinus Bludau † (1909)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Karl Augustin † (1910)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45071562
WikiData: Q2650670

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 33
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 33

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