Johannes Cardinal von Geissel †

Deceased

Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1796		Born
7 Mar 1818	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Speyer, Germany
22 Aug 1818	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Speyer, Germany
9 Oct 1836	40.6	Selected	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
19 May 1837	41.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
13 Aug 1837	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
24 Sep 1841	45.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
23 May 1842	46.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Iconium
19 Oct 1845	49.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Nov 1845	49.8	Installed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
30 Sep 1850	54.6	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Mar 1857	61.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
8 Sep 1864	68.5	Died	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary for Johannes von Geissel
(VIAF: 59878955; WikiData: Q64783)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel (born 5 Feb 1796, died 8 Sep 1864) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}

Consistory - 1850: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Gimmeldingen, Diocese of Speyer
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg
Death Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 27.0 years
a cardinal for 13.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg †
Archbishop of Bamberg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Peter von Richarz †
Bishop of Augsburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi † (1842)
Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen † (1845)
Bishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri † (1850)
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop Konrad Martin † (1856)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georg Anton von Stahl † (1840)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gimmeldingen, Diocese of Speyer
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Augsburg, Diocese of Augsburg
Death Place	Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 49
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 156, and Page 222
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 351
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1837, Number 25
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 30 Sep 1850
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 475, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,108, Ascendance
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 29, Number 1,609

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