Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1937		Born
1955	17.5	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
9 Feb 1964	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
10 Oct 1997	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
23 Nov 1997	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
27 Nov 2002	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
19 Jan 2003	65.6	Installed	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Nov 2013	76.4	Retired	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
22 Feb 2024	86.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

MicroData Summary for Alois Kothgasser
(VIAF: 46795071; WikiData: Q45172)
Archbishop Alois Kothgasser S.D.B. (born 29 May 1937, died 22 Feb 2024) Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sankt Stefan im Rosental, Diocese of Seckau
Ordained Bishop Sankt Jacobus, Cathedral, Innsbruck, Diocese of Innsbruck
Death Place Seminary, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 26.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhold Stecher †
Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Weber †
Bishop of Graz-Seckau
Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Reinhold Stecher † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
Bishop Paulus Rusch † (1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
Archbishop Sigismund Waitz † (1913)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Franz Egger † (1908)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Josef Altenweisel † (1904)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinit� al Monte Pincio
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 Manfred Scheuer (2003)
Bishop Benno Elbs (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. (2001)
Archbishop Franz Lackner, O.F.M. (2002)
Bishop Elmar Fischer † (2005)
Bishop Franz Scharl (2006)
Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B. (2014)
Bishop Hansj�rg Hofer (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sankt Stefan im Rosental, Diocese of Seckau
Ordained Bishop	Sankt Jacobus, Cathedral, Innsbruck, Diocese of Innsbruck
Death Place	Seminary, Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,172
r: Bollettino, 4 Nov 2013
d: CB, 22 Feb 2024

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