Bishop Josef Clemens

Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

Titular Bishop of Segermes

Note(s): (Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Laity)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1947		Born
10 Oct 1975	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
25 Nov 2003	56.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Segermes
25 Nov 2003	56.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
6 Jan 2004	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Segermes
1 Sep 2016	69.1	Ceased	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

MicroData Summary
Josef Clemens
Bishop Josef Clemens
(born 20 Jun 1947)
Secretary Emeritus of Laity, the Family and Life

Event Place
Birth Place Siegen
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Hermann Cardinal Volk †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Stanisław Marian Ryłko
Titular Archbishop of Novica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger † (1977)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlo Mazza (2007)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316740217
WikiData: Q66059

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Number 14,495

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