Bishop Felix Genn

Bishop of Essen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1950		Born	Burgbrohl
11 Jul 1976	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
16 Apr 1999	49.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
16 Apr 1999	49.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
30 May 1999	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
4 Apr 2003	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
6 Jul 2003	53.3	Installed	Bishop of Essen, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Essen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode
Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Felix Genn (1999)
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980)
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann (1973)
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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:
Bishop Stephan Ackermann

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