Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen

Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1928		Born	Dortmund
6 Aug 1952	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
23 Feb 1957	28.8	Incardinated	Priest of Essen, Germany
12 Oct 1968	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
12 Oct 1968	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
8 Dec 1968	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
24 Feb 1991	62.8	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
15 Feb 2001	72.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 32.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen †
Johannes Joachim Cardinal Degenhardt †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † (1968)
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach † (1953)
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
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)
Father Carlo 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 Franz Grave
Bishop Franz Vorrath

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