Bishop Franz Arnold Melchers †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster

Titular Bishop of Hebron

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1765³		Born	Werne
8 Apr 1789	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
21 Nov 1836	71.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Nov 1836	71.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hebron
6 May 1837	71.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hebron
18 Feb 1851	85.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 13.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Arnold Melchers † (1837)
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †

Assisted:
- Bishop Richard Kornelius Dammers †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 211

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