Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin †

Deceased

Bishop of Hildesheim

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Dec 1796		Born	Groß-Düngen
11 Nov 1821	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Nov 1849	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30 Sep 1850	53.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Nov 1850	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
25 Dec 1870	74.0	Died	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 20.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Georg Müller †
Bishop Johann Franz Drepper †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg † (1821)
Francesco Cardinal Serra Casano † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann †

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