Bishop Klaus Hemmerle †

Deceased

Bishop of Aachen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1929		Born	Freiburg im Breisgau
25 May 1952	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
9 Sep 1975	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
8 Nov 1975	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
23 Jan 1994	64.8	Died	Bishop of Aachen, Germany

a priest for 41.7 years
a bishop for 18.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele †
Bishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle † (1975)
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider † (1954)
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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Maximilian Goffart †
Bishop Augustus Peters †
Bishop Karl Reger

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141

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