Bishop Matthias Wehr †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trier

Titular Bishop of Rusuca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1892		Born	Faha
26 Mar 1922	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
3 Aug 1951	59.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trier, Germany
3 Aug 1951	59.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina
29 Oct 1951	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina
20 Dec 1951	59.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Trier, Germany
19 Nov 1966	74.7	Retired	Bishop of Trier, Germany
19 Nov 1966	74.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusuca
6 Nov 1967	75.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

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Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
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a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 16.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Bishop Bernhard Stein †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench † (1935)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Carl Schmidt †
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 111

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