Bishop Theodor Kettmann

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

Titular Bishop of Busiris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1938		Born
1 Feb 1964	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany
27 Nov 1978	40.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
27 Nov 1978	40.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Busiris
18 Feb 1979	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Busiris
30 Nov 2011	73.0	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

MicroData Summary
Theodor Kettmann
Bishop Theodor Kettmann
(born 27 Nov 1938)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Besten bei Ankum
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Osnabrück, Diocese of Osnabrück

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Osnabrück.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler †
Bishop of Osnabrück
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Karl-August Siegel †
Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa
Bishop Max Georg von Twickel †
Titular Bishop of Lugura

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler † (1957)
Bishop of Osnabrück
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 (Jean-François) 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Norbert Werbs † (1981)
Bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke † (1989)
Bishop Johannes Wübbe (2013)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1630147665859260670008
WikiData: Q99180

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,574

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