Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Nov 1933		Born
31 Jul 1964	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
22 Feb 1974	40.2	Appointed	Prefect of Sinoia, Zimbabwe
28 Oct 1985	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
5 Jan 1986	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
10 Mar 2004	70.2	Died	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

MicroData Summary
Helmut Reckter
Bishop Helmut Reckter S.J.
(born 24 Nov 1933, died 10 Mar 2004)
Bishop of Chinhoyi

Event Place
Birth Place Arenberg
Ordained Bishop Chinhoyi, Diocese of Chinhoyi

a priest for 39.6 years
a bishop for 18.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa †
Archbishop of Harare
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Coveney †
Titular Archbishop of Satrianum
Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †
Bishop of Gweru

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa † (1973)
Archbishop of Harare
Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J. † (1956)
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archbishop Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † (1931)
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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: Q1470630

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,234

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠