Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1918		Born
2 Jun 1946	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
3 Apr 1959	40.4	Appointed	Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
6 Jul 1965	46.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
6 Jul 1965	46.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Conana
15 Dec 1965	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Conana
15 Nov 1966	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
3 Feb 1995	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
4 Aug 2005	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for Firmin Martin Schmidt
(WikiData: Q16016582)
Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt O.F.M. Cap. (born 12 Oct 1918, died 4 Aug 2005) Bishop Emeritus of Mendi

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Catharine, KS, Diocese of Salina, Kansas, USA
Ordained Priest Victoria, KS, Diocese of Salina, Kansas, USA
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburg, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 39.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Augustine Thill †
Bishop of Salina, Kansas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick William Freking †
Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Bishop Cyril John Vogel †
Bishop of Salina, Kansas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal C�rdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enr�quez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Benedict To Varpin † (1980)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Catharine, KS, Diocese of Salina, Kansas, USA
Ordained Priest	Victoria, KS, Diocese of Salina, Kansas, USA
Ordained Bishop	Saint Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburg, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
b/c2 : Les Ordinations �piscopales, Year 1965, Number 93

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