Bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz †

Deceased

Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Mar 1874		Born
19 Jul 1899	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chur, Switzerland
30 Mar 1932	58.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
30 Mar 1932	58.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paphus
6 May 1932	58.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
22 May 1932	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
29 Jul 1941	67.3	Died	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Laurenz Matthias Vincenz
Bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz
(born 26 Mar 1874, died 29 Jul 1941)
Bishop of Chur

Event Place
Birth Place Andest, Diocese of Chur
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Chur, Diocese of Chur
Death Place Chur, Diocese of Chur

a priest for 42.0 years
a bishop for 9.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †
Bishop of Chur
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro di Maria †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Viktor Bieler †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Bishop Alois Scheiwiler †
Bishop of Sankt Gallen

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Johannes Anton Vonderach † (1940)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini † (1936)
Bishop Joseph Meile † (1938)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 314889541
WikiData: Q1710876

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 30
op/c1: CB, 8 Jan 2020
op/ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 243, Additions/Corrections (front)

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