Bishop Wolfgang Rolly †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Nov 1927		Born
28 Feb 1953	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
5 Jun 1972	44.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
5 Jun 1972	44.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taborenta
2 Jul 1972	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Taborenta
20 Feb 2003	75.2	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
25 Mar 2008	80.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary for Wolfgang Rolly
(VIAF: 62335370; WikiData: Q113780)
Bishop Wolfgang Rolly (born 25 Nov 1927, died 25 Mar 2008) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz

Event Place
Birth Place Darmstadt
Ordained Bishop St. Martin, Cathedral, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 35.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hermann Volk †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †
Titular Bishop of Sinope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hermann Volk † (1962)
Bishop of Mainz
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Karl Cardinal Lehmann † (1983)
Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach (1988)
Bishop Werner Guballa † (2003)
Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr (2003)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Darmstadt
Ordained Bishop	St. Martin, Cathedral, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,090

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