Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1907		Born
29 Jul 1934	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
3 Feb 1957	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
14 May 1957	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Dec 1982	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
7 Oct 1988	80.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

MicroData Summary
Heinrich Maria Janssen
Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen
(born 28 Dec 1907, died 7 Oct 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Rindern, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Keller †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Bishop of Luxembourg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz (1962)
Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz (1982)
Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak † (1958)
Bishop Adolf Kindermann † (1966)
Bishop Heinrich Machens † (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Wilhelm Tuschen † (1958)
Bishop João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † (1962)
Bishop Walter Theodor Jansen † (1983)
Bishop Josef Homeyer † (1983)
Bishop Heinrich Janssen † (1986)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45097021
WikiData: Q1598257

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 60

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