Bishop Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Thenae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1865		Born
2 Feb 1888	22.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
25 Jul 1897	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
13 Mar 1906	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
13 Mar 1906	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thenae
1 May 1906	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thenae
12 Aug 1906	40.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
2 Jun 1921	55.4	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
29 Aug 1921	55.6	Appointed	Prefect of Zululand, South Africa
26 Jan 1924	58.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
14 May 1943	77.3	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa
27 Jan 1944	78.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa

MicroData Summary for Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter
(VIAF: 8752149489124493810000; WikiData: Q2427402)
Bishop Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter O.S.B. (born 28 Dec 1865, died 27 Jan 1944) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe

Event Place
Birth Place Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Death Place Inkamana
Buried Place (Original) Inkamana

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Maximilian von Lingg †
Bishop of Augsburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Ticelia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maximilian von Lingg † (1902)
Bishop of Augsburg
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. † (1940)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Death Place	Inkamana
Buried Place (Original)	Inkamana

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 31
b: Biographia Benedictina, 18 Sep 2021

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