Archbishop Heinrich Wienken †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Meissen (Meißen)

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1883		Born	Cloppenburg
6 Jun 1909	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
22 Feb 1937	54.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
22 Feb 1937	54.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arethusa
11 Apr 1937	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arethusa
9 Mar 1951	68.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
29 Nov 1951	68.8	Installed	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
19 Aug 1957	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
19 Aug 1957	74.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
21 Jan 1961	77.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Meissen (Meißen), Germany

a priest for 51.6 years
a bishop for 23.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Clemens August Graf Cardinal von Galen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Heinrich Wienken † (1937)
Bl. Clemens August Graf 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 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 †

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