Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1933		Born	Burgrieden, Germany
26 Jul 1959	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
3 Feb 1972	38.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
3 Feb 1972	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Obba
11 May 1972	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Obba
1 Jul 1974	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
15 Dec 2009	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kimberley.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Khoarai
Bishop Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. (1972)
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † (1966)
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane †
Bishop Franklyn Nubuasah, S.V.D.
Bishop Abel Gabuza

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Dec 2009

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