Bishop Max Georg von Twickel †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

Titular Bishop of Lugura

Motto: Largire Clarum Vespere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1926		Born
6 Aug 1952	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
18 Jan 1973	46.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Jan 1973	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lugura
24 Feb 1973	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lugura
6 Jul 2001	74.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
28 Nov 2013	87.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

MicroData Summary
Max Georg von Twickel
Bishop Max Georg von Twickel
(born 22 Aug 1926, died 28 Nov 2013)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster

Event Place
Birth Place Havixbeck, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster

a priest for 61.3 years
a bishop for 40.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael Keller †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Baaken †
Titular Bishop of Gordus
Bishop Laurenz Böggering †
Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
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:
Bishop Alfons Demming † (1977)
Bishop Wilhelm Wöste † (1977)
Bishop Theodor Kettmann (1979)
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980)
Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers (2001)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 6664410
WikiData: Q121987

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,078

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