Bishop Franz von Streng †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

Titular Bishop of Obbi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1884		Born
12 Jul 1908	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
17 Nov 1936	52.7	Selected	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
30 Nov 1936	52.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
24 Jan 1937	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
3 Nov 1967	83.6	Retired	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
3 Nov 1967	83.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Obbi
7 Aug 1970	86.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Franz von Streng
Bishop Franz von Streng
(born 27 Feb 1884, died 7 Aug 1970)
Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano

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 Sirnach, Diocese of Basel e Lugano
Ordained Bishop Soleure

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Viktor Bieler †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Bishop Marius Besson †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Ordained Priest:
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo † (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. † (1960)
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Bishop Anton Hänggi † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Hasler † (1957)
Bishop Johannes Anton Vonderach † (1957)
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/129525
VIAF: 74373031
WikiData: Q1450414

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 4
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 411, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 573, Ascendance

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