Bishop Wilhelm Stockums †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Erythrae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1877		Born
15 Mar 1902	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
5 Feb 1932	54.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
5 Feb 1932	54.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
20 Apr 1932	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
5 Aug 1956	78.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Wilhelm Stockums
Bishop Wilhelm Stockums
(born 15 Oct 1877, died 5 Aug 1956)
Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}

Event Place
Birth Place Elmpt, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Death Place Fischenich, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 54.3 years
a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter †
Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis
Bishop Josef Hammels †
Titular Bishop of Soli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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 Heinrich Roleff † (1936)
Bishop Friedrich Hünermann † (1939)
Bishop Heinrich Metzroth † (1941)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden † (1943)
Bishop Wilhelm Cleven † (1951)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/42887
VIAF: 47076552
WikiData: Q2575272

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 20
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Additions/Corrections (front)

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