Bishop Maximilian Goffart †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Uzita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1921		Born
25 Jul 1952	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Aachen, Germany
2 Dec 1977	56.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
2 Dec 1977	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzita
18 Feb 1978	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzita
17 Jul 1980	59.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Maximilian Goffart
Bishop Maximilian Goffart
(born 17 Jan 1921, died 17 Jul 1980)
Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen

Event Place
Birth Place Kalterherberg
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Church, Aachen, Diocese of Aachen

a priest for 27.9 years
a bishop for 2.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Klaus Hemmerle †
Bishop of Aachen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer †
Titular Bishop of Aggar
Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke
Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle † (1975)
Bishop of Aachen
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider † (1954)
Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16508987

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,245

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