Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1905		Born	Werne, Germany
22 May 1932	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
20 Mar 1948	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Indore, India
14 Jun 1951	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
29 Jul 1951	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
28 Feb 1974	68.8	Resigned	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
23 Oct 1985	80.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India

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Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. † (1951)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
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)
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:
Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Niclas Kujur, S.J. †
Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.
Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D.

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 73

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