Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jan 1913		Born	Essen-Steele, Germany
4 Nov 1939	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
21 Jun 1966	53.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
21 Jun 1966	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus
2 Oct 1966	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus
7 Feb 1967	54.1	Succeeded	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
26 May 1978	65.4	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus
25 Jun 1987	74.5	Appointed	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
7 Dec 1988	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
23 Oct 2006	93.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 40.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen †
Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † (1966)
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach † (1953)
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
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)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp.

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