Bishop Christian Würtz

Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia

Motto: Adveniat Regnum Tuum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 May 1971		Born
14 May 2006	34.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
26 Apr 2019	47.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
26 Apr 2019	47.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia
30 Jun 2019	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia

MicroData Summary
Christian Würtz
Bishop Christian Würtz
(born 31 May 1971)
Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau

Event Place
Birth Place Karlsruhe
Ordained Bishop Münster Unserer Lieben Frau, Cathedral, Freiburg im Breisgau, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Stephan Burger
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gebhard Fürst
Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf
Bishop of Mainz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Stephan Burger (2014)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Robert Zollitsch (2003)
Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Oskar Saier † (1972)
Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
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):

Vatican Library: 495/306841
VIAF: 27351105
WikiData: Q63344027

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Apr 2019
ob/c2: CB, 26 Apr 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Number 20,172

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