Bishop Bartholomäus Widmer †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Aug 1802		Born
12 Aug 1827	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Nov 1859	57.2	Selected	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
23 Mar 1860	57.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Jun 1860	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
30 Sep 1872	70.1	Resigned	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 May 1883	80.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

MicroData Summary
Bartholomäus Widmer
Bishop Bartholomäus Widmer
(born 11 Aug 1802, died 17 May 1883)
Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Krainburg, Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Ordained Bishop Sankt Stefan, Vienna, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Othmar Cardinal von Rauscher †
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Xaver Zenner †
Titular Bishop of Sarepta
Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier (Rudiger) †
Bishop of Linz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Othmar Cardinal von Rauscher † (1849)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop of Trento
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Dionys von Rost † (1777)
Bishop of Chur
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 8717154441762135460006
WikiData: Q16630187

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 330
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1860, Number 16

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