Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Sep 1913		Born	Osnabrück
30 Oct 1938	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany
22 Jul 1957	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Oct 1957	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
9 Sep 1987	73.9	Resigned	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
30 Dec 1987	74.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

a priest for 49.2 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Keller †
Bishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler † (1957)
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)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Bernhard Schräder †
Bishop Hubert Brandenburg
Bishop Karl-August Siegel †
Bishop Theodor Kettmann
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak †

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