Bishop Wilhelm Wöste †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster

Titular Bishop of Thignica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Oct 1911		Born	Löningen
19 Dec 1936	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
6 Nov 1976	65.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
6 Nov 1976	65.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thignica
9 Jan 1977	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thignica
20 Dec 1986	75.2	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
15 Sep 1993	81.9	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

a priest for 56.7 years
a bishop for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Laurenz Böggering †
Bishop Max Georg von Twickel

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelm Wöste † (1977)
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital †

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