Bishop Felix Genn

Bishop of Münster

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
19 Dec 2008	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
29 Mar 2009	59.1	Installed	Bishop of Münster, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Münster.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernhard Stein †
Bishop of Trier
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital †
Bishop of Trier
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode
Bishop of Osnabrück
Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert
Titular Bishop of Pausulae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludger Schepers (2008)
Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (2009)
Bishop Dieter Geerlings (2010)
Bishop Christoph Hegge (2010)
Bishop Wilfried Theising (2010)
Bishop Stefan Zekorn (2011)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stephan Ackermann (2006)
Archbishop Martin Krebs (2008)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 19 Dec 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,567
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Additions/Corrections (front)

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