Bishop Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Sinis

Secretary of the Congregation of the Index

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1850		Born	Aachen, Germany
7 Jun 1873	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
20 Jan 1900	49.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of the Index
18 Jun 1917	67.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinis
8 Jul 1917	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sinis
13 Mar 1926	75.9	Died	Titular Bishop of Sinis

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 8.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. † (1917)
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Bishop Próspero M. Gustavo Bernardi, S.M. †

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