Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck

Bishop of Essen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1964		Born	Marl
10 Oct 1989	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
18 Jul 2007	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Jul 2007	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia
1 Sep 2007	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia
28 Oct 2009	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
20 Dec 2009	45.5	Installed	Bishop of Essen, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Essen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Joseph Ratzinger
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Ostermann
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (2007)
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann (1973)
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
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 † (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 †

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