Marcus Teggingeri Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Marcus Teggingeri
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1568–1599
Ordination:1561
Consecration:21 Dec 1568
Consecrated By:Otto Truchseß von Waldburg
Birth Date:Radolfzell, Germany
Birth Place:1540
Death Date:Freiburg, Germany.
Death Place:20 Feb 1600 (age 60)

Marcus Teggingeri (1540–1600), also known as Marcus Tettinger, was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Lydda (1568–1599) and Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1568–1599).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Marcus Teggingeri was born in Radolfzell and ordained a priest in 1561.On 10 Dec 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop of Basel. On 21 Dec 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Otto Truchseß von Waldburg, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and William Chisholm, Bishop of Dunblane, serving as co-consecrators. In 1599, he resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Basel. On 20 Feb 1600, he died in Freiburg, Germany.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee, Bishop of Basel (1577); and the principal co-consecrator of Melchior Lichtenfels, Bishop of Basel (1569).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 225. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btegging.html "Bishop Marcus Teggingeri"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2l61.html "Lydda (Titular See)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1021.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Lydda"