Josef Cardinal Frings †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Feb 1887		Born
10 Aug 1910	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
1 May 1942	55.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
21 Jun 1942	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Feb 1946	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 1946	59.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
24 Feb 1969	82.0	Retired	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
17 Dec 1978	91.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Josef Frings
Josef Cardinal Frings
(born 6 Feb 1887, died 17 Dec 1978)
Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - October 1978: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Neuss, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Priest Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Death Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 68.3 years
a bishop for 36.4 years
a cardinal for 32.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo †
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Stockums †
Titular Bishop of Erythrae
Bishop Josef Hammels †
Titular Bishop of Soli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Hubert Luthe † (1953)
Bishop Norbert Trelle (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden † (1943)
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop Ferdinand Dirichs † (1947)
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Bishop Wilhelm Kempf † (1949)
Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. † (1950)
Bishop Wilhelm Cleven † (1951)
Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. † (1951)
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider † (1954)
Bishop Gerhard Franz (Franziskus) Demann † (1957)
Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler † (1957)
Bishop Bernhard Schilling, S.V.D. † (1960)
Bishop Augustinus Frotz † (1962)
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Klaus Dick † (1975)
Bishop Josef Plöger † (1975)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Neuss, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Priest	Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Death Place	Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/187542
VIAF: 54284139
WikiData: Q44589

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 27
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 452, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 491, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 541, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 625, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,077, Ascendance

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