Clemens Geiger
Clemens Geiger CCPS , also Clemente Geiger , born as Klement Geiger , (born January 27, 1900 in Fechsen near Leuterschach , Bavaria ; † June 14, 1995 in Rankweil , Vorarlberg ) was a Roman Catholic missionary bishop in Xingu , Brazil .
Life
Clemens Geiger joined the order of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in the Feldkirch motherhouse in Vorarlberg. After his theological and philosophical training in Feldkirch, Rome and Klagenfurt, he was ordained a priest on January 29, 1930 . In 1935 he replaced the recently appointed Armando Bahlmann OFM as Apostolic Administrator of the new Territorial Prelature Xingu in Brazil. On January 17, 1948 Clemens Geiger was by Pope Pius XII. appointed titular bishop of Olena and appointed first bishop prelate of Xingu. He received his episcopal ordination on May 19, 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, from his friar Joseph Mary Marling CCPS, auxiliary bishop in Kansas City, USA; Co- consecrators were Henry Joseph Grimmelsman , Bishop of Evansville, USA, and Anthony John King Mussio , Bishop of Steubenville, USA.
His resignation was on April 26, 1971 by Pope Paul VI. granted. He died as a retired bishop in the monastery of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Rankweil in Vorarlberg and was buried in the monastery in Kufstein.
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Prelate of Xingu 1948–1971 |
Erich Kräutler CCPS |
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| SURNAME | Geiger, Clemens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geiger, Klement; Geiger, Clemente |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic clergyman; Prelate of Xingu (1948–1971) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fechsen near Leuterschach , Kingdom of Bavaria , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1995 |
| Place of death | Rankweil , Vorarlberg , Austria |