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Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki

Archbishop of Berlin

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney

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Ordained Priest by: Joseph Cardinal Höffner † Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Principal Consecrator: Joachim Cardinal Meisner Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Klaus Dick Titular Bishop of Guzabeta Bishop Norbert Trelle Titular Bishop of Egnatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Joachim Cardinal Meisner (1975) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962) Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia Archbishop Alfred Bengsch † (1959) Bishop of Berlin Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948) Bishop of Berlin Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935) Archbishop of Bamberg Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912) Archbishop of Bamberg Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898) Bishop of Würzburg Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891) Archbishop of Bamberg Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879) Bishop of Würzburg Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875) Archbishop of Bamberg Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856) Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich} Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767) Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (2011) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Heiner Koch (2006)