Bishop Nikolaus von Weis †

Deceased

Bishop of Speyer, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Mar 1796		Born
16 May 1818	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Speyer, Germany
22 Aug 1818	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Speyer, Germany
5 Mar 1842	45.9	Selected	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
23 May 1842	46.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
10 Jul 1842	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
13 Dec 1869	73.7	Died	Bishop of Speyer, Germany

MicroData Summary
Nikolaus von Weis
Bishop Nikolaus von Weis
(born 8 Mar 1796, died 13 Dec 1869)
Bishop of Speyer

Event Place
Birth Place Rimlingen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, München und Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}

a priest for 51.3 years
a bishop for 27.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Karl August von Reisach †
Bishop of Eichstätt
Bishop Heinrich von Hofstätter †
Bishop of Passau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel † (1821)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Deacon:
Bishop Fidelis Johann Georg Dehm, O.F.M. Conv. † (1847)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef von Lipp † (1848)
Archbishop Michael von Deinlein † (1853)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/164661
VIAF: 69697579
WikiData: Q1991831

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 351
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1842, Number 34

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