Bishop Josef Plöger †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Titular Bishop of Aguntum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1923		Born	Hünningen
24 Feb 1953	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 May 1975	51.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 May 1975	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
19 May 1975	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
15 Apr 1991	67.8	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Apr 2005	81.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 29.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Bishop Johann Wilhelm Cleven †
Bishop Augustinus Frotz †
Bishop Hubert Luthe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josef Plöger † (1975)
Joseph Cardinal Höffner † (1962)
Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench † (1935)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal 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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann
Bishop Manfred Melzer

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