Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Sep 1913		Born
30 Oct 1938	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany
22 Jul 1957	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Oct 1957	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
9 Sep 1987	73.9	Resigned	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
30 Dec 1987	74.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

MicroData Summary for Helmut Hermann Wittler
(VIAF: 311284839; WikiData: Q1603653)
Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler (born 28 Sep 1913, died 30 Dec 1987) Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück

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 Osnabrück, Diocese of Osnabrück
Ordained Bishop Osnabrück, Diocese of Osnabrück

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Keller †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff †
Titular Bishop of Busiris

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 (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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernhard Schräder † (1959)
Bishop Hubertus Brandenburg † (1975)
Bishop Karl-August Siegel † (1975)
Bishop Theodor Kettmann (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak † (1958)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Osnabrück, Diocese of Osnabrück
Ordained Bishop	Osnabrück, Diocese of Osnabrück

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 109

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