Archbishop Jean Hengen †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1912		Born	Dudelange
27 Oct 1940	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Luxembourg
8 Apr 1967	54.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg
8 Apr 1967	54.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calama
4 Jun 1967	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calama
13 Feb 1971	58.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Luxembourg
16 May 1985	72.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luxembourg
23 Apr 1988	75.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Luxembourg
21 Dec 1990	78.1	Retired	Archbishop of Luxembourg
29 Jan 2005	92.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M. †
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Musty †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean Hengen † (1967)
Bishop Léon Lommel † (1949)
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Fernand Franck
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Karl Heinz Jacoby †
Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert

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