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Cardinal Geissel

His Eminence
Johannes von Geissel
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne
Kardinal Johannes von Geissel aus Köln.jpg
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Cologne
Installed 24 November 1845
Term ended 8 September 1864
Predecessor Clemens August von Droste-Vischering
Successor Paul Melchers
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Orders
Ordination 22 August 1818
Consecration 13 August 1837
Created Cardinal 30 September 1850
by Pius IX
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1796-02-05)February 5, 1796
Gimmeldingen Germany
Died September 8, 1864(1864-09-08) (aged 68)
Cologne Germany
Buried Cologne Cathedral
Nationality German
Parents Nikolaus Geissel
Maria Motzenbäcker
Previous post Bishop of Speyer (1837-1841)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Cologne (1841-1845)
Coat of arms Johannes von Geissel's coat of arms

Johannes von Geissel (5 February 1796 – 8 September 1864) was a German Catholic Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal from the Electorate of the Palatinate.

Gessel was born in Gimmeldingen in the Electorate of the Palatinate.

After completing his classical studies at Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and at Edesheim, he was received into the then imperial lycée of Mainz in 1813, and studied theology in the diocesan seminary of the same city, under Prof. Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann, from 1815. He was ordained priest, 22 August 1818. For a short time he became assistant in the parish of Hambach an der Weinstraße ().

On 1 February 1819, he was appointed professor at the Gymnasium of Speyer; on 24 June 1822, canon of the cathedral chapter of Speyer; and on 25 May 1836, dean of that body. Nominated Bishop of Speyer by the King of Bavaria, he was preconized by Pope Gregory XVI, 20 May 1837, and consecrated in Augsburg cathedral the following 13 August.

After the accession to the throne of Prussia of Frederick William IV, the "conflict of Cologne" was to be settled amicably by an agreement between Church and State, to the effect that Archbishop Clemens August von Droste-Vischering would relinquish the personal direction of the archdiocese, which should pass over to a coadjutor with the right of succession. On 24 September 1841, Gregory XVI appointed Geissel coadjutor to the Archbishop of Cologne; and on 4 March 1842, he entered upon the administration of the archdiocese. When Clemens August died (19 October 1845), Geissel succeeded him, and was enthroned as archbishop, 11 January 1846. Finally, Pope Pius IX created him cardinal, 30 September 1850.


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