Bishop Karl Albert Wollgarten, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica

Titular Bishop of Chusira

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1897		Born
28 Jan 1935	38.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
28 Jan 1935	38.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chusira
1 May 1935	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chusira
28 Apr 1937	40.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica

MicroData Summary
Karl Albert Wollgarten
Bishop Karl Albert Wollgarten C.M.
(born 27 Jan 1897, died 28 Apr 1937)
Vicar Apostolic of Limón

Event Place
Birth Place Unterrath, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop San José, Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
Death Place Limón, Vicariate Apostolic of Limón

a bishop for 1.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo †
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †
Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †
Bishop of Alajuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo † (1928)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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):

WikiData: Q20900697

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 33

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