Bishop Walter Gunther Kampe †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Bassiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 May 1909		Born
8 Dec 1934	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limburg, Germany
20 Jul 1952	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
20 Jul 1952	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bassiana
7 Sep 1952	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bassiana
30 May 1984	74.9	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
22 Apr 1998	88.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Walter Gunther Kampe
Bishop Walter Gunther Kampe
(born 31 May 1909, died 22 Apr 1998)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Wiesbaden, Diocese of Limburg
Ordained Bishop Sankt Georg, Cathedral, Limburg, Diocese of Limburg
Death Place Limburg, Diocese of Limburg

a priest for 63.3 years
a bishop for 45.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Albert Stohr †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Baptist Dietz †
Bishop of Fulda
Bishop Wilhelm Kempf †
Bishop of Limburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Albert Stohr † (1935)
Bishop of Mainz
Archbishop Conrad Gröber † (1931)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Karl Fritz † (1920)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler † (1899)
Bishop of Rottenburg
Archbishop Thomas Nörber † (1898)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner † (1886)
Bishop of Mainz
Bishop Johannes Christian Roos † (1885)
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Georg von Kopp † (1881)
Bishop of Fulda
Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (1871)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)
Bishop of Osnabrück
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Gerhard Pieschl (1977)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/199120
VIAF: 37711173
WikiData: Q1476811

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 78

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