Bishop Wilhelm Kempf †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Limburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1906		Born	Wiesbaden
8 Dec 1932	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limburg, Germany
3 May 1949	42.7	Selected	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
28 May 1949	42.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
25 Jul 1949	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
10 Aug 1981	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
9 Oct 1982	76.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

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a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 33.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench †
Bishop Albert Stohr †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelm Kempf † (1949)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C.
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerhard Pieschl
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Walter Gunther Kampe †
Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †
Bishop Eduard Schick †
Bishop Adolf Kindermann †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1949, Number 58

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