Bl. Clemens August Cardinal von Galen †

Deceased

Bishop of Münster

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1878		Born	Dinklage en Oldenburg
28 May 1904	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
5 Sep 1933	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
28 Oct 1933	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Feb 1946	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	67.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
22 Mar 1946	68.0	Died	Bishop of Münster, Germany
9 Oct 2005		Beatified

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 12.4 years
a cardinal for .1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad †
Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning †
Archbishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bl. Clemens August Cardinal von Galen † (1933)
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Antonius Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Cassano † (1818)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Julius Angerhausen †
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Roleff †
Archbishop Heinrich Wienken †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. †
Archbishop Joseph Godehard Machens †
Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †

Source(s):

beat: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1933, Number 73

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