Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Member of Society of Jesus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1813		Born	Münster
14 Apr 1841	28.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Münster, Germany
5 Jun 1841	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
3 Aug 1857	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
20 Apr 1858	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
8 Jan 1866	53.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
3 Jul 1885	72.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
27 Jul 1885	72.6	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Jul 1885	72.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
10 Feb 1892	79.1	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
14 Dec 1895	82.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - 1885: Created Cardinal

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 37.7 years
a cardinal for 10.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin †
Bishop of Hildesheim
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Georg Müller †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Konrad Martin †
Bishop of Paderborn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Johannes Von Euch † (1860)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Bishop Johannes Bernard Brinkmann † (1870)
Bishop Karl Klein † (1886)
Archbishop Johannes Olaf Fallize † (1892)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jakob Laurentz Studach † (1862)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 215, and Page 429
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 53
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 27 Jul 1885