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Hermann Cardinal Volk †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mainz

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Events

a priest for 61.2 years a bishop for 26.1 years a cardinal for 15.3 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Bishop of Rottenburg Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † Titular Bishop of Sinope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948) Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922) Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872) Archbishop of Paris Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842) Archbishop of Paris Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832) Bishop of Marseille Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace 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 Josef Clemens (1975) Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1978) Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr (1982) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Wolfgang Rolly † (1972) Karl Cardinal Lehmann (1983) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968) Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. † (1968) Bishop Ernst Gutting (1971) Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach (1988)