Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki

Archbishop of Berlin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1956		Born	Köln-Mühlheim
14 Jun 1985	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Feb 2003	46.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Feb 2003	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scampa
30 Mar 2003	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scampa
2 Jul 2011	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
27 Aug 2011	55.0	Installed	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
18 Feb 2012	55.5	Elevated to Cardinal

Consistory - 2012: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Berlin.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Principal Consecrator:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Klaus Dick
Bishop Norbert Trelle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki (2003)
Joachim Cardinal Meisner (1975)
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962)
Alfred Cardinal Bengsch † (1959)
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal De Luca † (1845)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Wolfgang Ipolt
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Heiner Koch

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Jul 2011
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012

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