Bishop Klaus Hemmerle †

Deceased

Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Motto: Omnes Unum Ut Mundus Credat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1929		Born
25 May 1952	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
9 Sep 1975	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
8 Nov 1975	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
23 Jan 1994	64.8	Died	Bishop of Aachen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Klaus Hemmerle
Bishop Klaus Hemmerle
(born 3 Apr 1929, died 23 Jan 1994)
Bishop of Aachen

Event Place
Birth Place Freiburg im Breisgau, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Aachen, Diocese of Aachen
Death Place Aachen, Diocese of Aachen

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 18.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider †
Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer †
Titular Bishop of Aggar

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Maximilian Goffart † (1978)
Bishop Augustus Peters † (1981)
Bishop Karl Reger † (1987)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/108036
VIAF: 32037983
WikiData: Q107131

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,850
loc: CB, 7 Mar 2023

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