Bishop Adolf Kindermann †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

Titular Bishop of Utimmira

Motto: Contra Spem In Spem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Aug 1899		Born
5 Apr 1924	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Litoměřice, Czechia
11 Jul 1966	66.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
11 Jul 1966	66.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Utimmira
8 Sep 1966	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Utimmira
23 Oct 1974	75.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

MicroData Summary
Adolf Kindermann
Bishop Adolf Kindermann
(born 8 Aug 1899, died 23 Oct 1974)
Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim

Event Place
Birth Place Neugrafenwalde, Diocese of Litoměřice, Czechia
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Notre Dame, Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim
Death Place Frankfurt, Diocese of Limburg
Buried Place (Original) St. Marien, Cemetery, Königstein, Diocese of Limburg

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 8.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen †
Bishop of Hildesheim
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Kempf †
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Pranciškaus Brazys, M.I.C. †
Titular Bishop of Zella

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen † (1957)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
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):

Vatican Library: 495/207687
VIAF: 32795138
WikiData: Q362933

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1966, Number 79

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