Bishop Carl Schmidt †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

Titular Bishop of Thasus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1912		Born
2 Aug 1936	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
8 Jul 1962	50.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
8 Jul 1962	50.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thasus
9 Sep 1962	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thasus
1 Oct 1981	69.3	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
11 Mar 1989	76.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

MicroData Summary
Carl Schmidt
Bishop Carl Schmidt
(born 14 May 1912, died 11 Mar 1989)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Obervölklingen, Diocese of Trier
Ordained Bishop Trier, Diocese of Trier

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Matthias Wehr †
Bishop of Trier
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Bishop of Luxembourg
Bishop Bernhard Stein †
Titular Bishop of Dagnum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Bishop of Trier
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench † (1935)
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. † (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Karl Heinz Jacoby † (1968)
Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert † (1968)
Bishop Leo Schwarz † (1982)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 308715706
WikiData: Q1040456

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 139

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