Bishop Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Medeli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1876		Born	Hanselaer, Germany
28 Jan 1910	33.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
19 Jun 1928	52.2	Appointed	Prefect of Central New Guinea
22 Aug 1931	55.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Central New Guinea
23 May 1933	57.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Medeli
23 May 1933	57.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
17 Dec 1933	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Medeli
15 Mar 1945	69.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

a priest for 35.1 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning †
Bl. Clemens August Graf Cardinal von Galen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. † (1933)
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Antonius Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Casano † (1818)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. †

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