Pope Benedict XVI

Joseph Ratzinger

Pope (Roma {Rome})

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1927		Born	Marktl am Inn, Germany
29 Oct 1950	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
29 Jun 1951	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Mar 1977	49.9	Appointed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
28 May 1977	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
27 Jun 1977	50.2	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Jun 1977	50.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino
15 Oct 1977	50.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
15 Feb 1982	54.8	Resigned	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
5 Apr 1993	66.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
27 Nov 2002	75.6	Elected	Dean of the College of Cardinals
30 Nov 2002	75.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
30 Nov 2002	75.6	Confirmed	Dean of the College of Cardinals
16 Mar 2003	75.9	Installed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
2 Apr 2005	78.0	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission
2 Apr 2005	78.0	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2 Apr 2005	78.0	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
19 Apr 2005	78.0	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Apr 2005	78.0	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Consistory - 1977: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated
Conclave - 2005: Participated; Dean; Elected Pope
Consistory - 2006: Pope
Consistory - 2007: Pope

Please contact the Pope through the Diocese of Roma {Rome}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for 27.8 years
a pope for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †
Ordained Priest by:
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josef Stangl †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rudolf Graber †
Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Joseph Ratzinger (1977)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Bernhard Hasslberger (Haßlberger)
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck
Principal Consecrator of:
Alberto Cardinal Bovone †
Bishop Zygmunt Zimowski
Bishop Josef Clemens
Archbishop Bruno Forte
Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Archbishop Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro
Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi
Archbishop Tommaso Caputo
Bishop Sergio Pagano, B.
Bishop Vincenzo Di Mauro

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