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Ignatius von Senestrey

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Ignatius von Senestrey
Bishop of Regensburg
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Regensburg
In office 18 March 1858 – 16 October 1906
Predecessor Valentin Riedel
Successor Anton von Henle
Orders
Ordination 19 March 1842
Consecration 2 May 1858
by Flavio Chigi
Personal details
Born 13 July 1818
Bärnau, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation
Died 16 August 1906 (aged 88)
Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire

Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey (born 13 July 1818, Bärnau, Bavaria, Germany - d. 16 August 1906, Regensburg, Germany) was Bishop of Regensburg, Germany from 1858 to 1906.

He was ordained a parish priest by Flavio Chigi on 19 March 1842, aged 23. in Regensburg, Germany. On 27 January 1858, aged 39, he was appointed Bishop of Regensburg and ordained a bishop two months later.[1]

He died on 16 August 1906, aged 88, in Regensburg. He had been a priest for 64 years and a bishop for 48 years.

He wrote one work, Wie es zur Definition de päpstlichen Unfehlbarkeit kam: Tagebuch vom 1. Vatikan Konzil, on the definition of papal infallibility. It was published after his death.[2]

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