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Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Stans, Switzerland

a priest for 44.4 years a bishop for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Carrhae Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (1912) Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (1884) Titular Bishop of Pacandus Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie † (1863) Archbishop of Alger Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836) Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes) Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819) Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre) Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790) Archbishop of Reims Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785) Titular Archbishop of Rhodus Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 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

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