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Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Münster

Events

a priest for 54.2 years a bishop for 40.1 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Michael Keller † Bishop of Münster Principal Consecrator: Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † Bishop of Münster Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Heinrich Baaken † Titular Bishop of Gordus Bishop Laurenz Böggering † Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958) Bishop of Münster Bishop Michael Keller † (1947) Bishop of Münster 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 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980) Bishop Friedrich Ostermann (1981) Bishop Heinrich Janssen (1986) Bishop Josef Voß (Voss) † (1988) Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (1995) Archbishop Werner Thissen (1999) Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers (2001) Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (2004) Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (2007) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Florian Kuntner † (1977) Bishop Helmut Krätzl (1977) Bishop Franz Kamphaus (1982) Bishop Petru Gherghel (1990) Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (1995) Bishop Dieter Geerlings (2010) Bishop Christoph Hegge (2010) Bishop Wilfried Theising (2010)