Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck

Bishop of Essen

Bishop of Germany, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1964		Born	Marl
10 Oct 1989	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
18 Jul 2007	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Jul 2007	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia
1 Sep 2007	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia
28 Oct 2009	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
20 Dec 2009	45.5	Installed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
24 Feb 2011	46.7	Appointed	Bishop of Germany, Military
6 May 2011	46.9	Installed	Bishop of Germany, Military

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Essen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Ostermann
Titular Bishop of Dolia
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff
Bishop of Aachen

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann (1973)
Bishop of Münster
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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stefan Zekorn (2011)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Jul 2007
c3+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,497
ab: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2009
ab: Bollettino, 24 Feb 2011

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