Bishop Winand Michael Wigger †

Deceased

Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Motto: Dominus Spes Mea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1841		Born
10 Jun 1865	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 Aug 1881	39.6	Appointed	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
18 Oct 1881	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
5 Jan 1901	59.0	Died	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Winand Michael Wigger
Bishop Winand Michael Wigger
(born 9 Dec 1841, died 5 Jan 1901)
Bishop of Newark

Event Place
Birth Place New York, NY, Diocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest Brignole Sale, Seminary, Genoa, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Pro-Cathedral, Newark, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Death Place Seton Hall College, South Orange, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original) Holy Sepulcher, Cemetery, East Orange, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Buried Place (Current) Crypt, Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 19.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop André Charvaz †
Archbishop of Genova
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan †
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Loughlin †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †
Bishop of Rochester, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † (1892)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 10739469
Find a Grave (Grave): 75747045
WikiData: Q8023680

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 419
c1: CB, 21 Sep 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 58

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