Bishop Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht †

Deceased

Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

Bishop of Münster

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1658		Born
23 Aug 1703	45.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Paderborn, Germany
26 Aug 1703	45.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
15 Sep 1703	45.3	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
17 Dec 1703	45.6	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
17 Dec 1703	45.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia
9 Mar 1704	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia
21 May 1704	46.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
8 Jun 1707	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
25 Dec 1718	60.6	Died	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

MicroData Summary
Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht
Bishop Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht
(born 9 May 1658, died 25 Dec 1718)
Bishop of Paderborn

Event Place
Birth Place Köln
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Paderborn, Diocese of Paderborn

a priest for 15.3 years
a bishop for 14.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Columbica
Assisted by:
Abbot Gregoire Busch
Abbot
Abbot Etienne Overgaer, O. Cist.
Abbot

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. † (1693)
Titular Bishop of Columbica
Archbishop Gianantonio Davia † (1690)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Archbishop Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano † (1683)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes † (1671)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (1654)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Archbishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (1635)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Event	Place
Birth Place	Köln
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Paderborn, Diocese of Paderborn

External Link(s):

VIAF: 52449639
WikiData: Q108305

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 272, and Page 288
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 303
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1704, Number 5
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 2,939

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