Archbishop Kaspar Klein †

Deceased

Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Aug 1865		Born
21 Mar 1890	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
30 Apr 1920	54.6	Selected	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
19 Jun 1920	54.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
19 Jun 1920	54.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany
1 Aug 1920	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
1 Mar 1921	55.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany
13 Aug 1930	64.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
26 Jan 1941	75.4	Died	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

MicroData Summary
Kaspar Klein
Archbishop Kaspar Klein
(born 28 Aug 1865, died 26 Jan 1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn

Event Place
Birth Place Elben
Death Place Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn

a priest for 50.8 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Karl Joseph Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Poggenburg †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning †
Bishop of Osnabrück

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Karl Joseph 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

Ordained Priest:
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach † (1937)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Hillebrand † (1926)
Bishop Petrus Legge † (1932)
Bishop Augustinus Philipp Baumann † (1932)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Christian Schreiber † (1921)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 13163132
WikiData: Q658364

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1920, Number 46

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