Germany

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
30 Jun 2012	55.9	Installed	Rainer Maria Woelki	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney	Cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
4 Jul 2012	83.3	Died	Vinzenz Guggenberger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg
28 Jul 2012	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Florian Wörner	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg
30 Jul 2012	72.1	Resigned	Paul Friedrich Wehrle	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul 2012	75.2	Retired	Engelbert Siebler	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct 2012	77.3	Retired	Wilhelm Schraml	Bishop of Passau	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct 2012	71.4	Resigned	Joachim Wanke	Bishop of Erfurt	Bishop Emeritus
6 Oct 2012	66.2	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
	66.2	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
	66.2	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
31 Oct 2012	84.7	Died	Alfons Demming †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster
6 Dec 2012	53.2	Appointed	Rudolf Voderholzer	Bishop of Regensburg
7 Dec 2012	56.4	Appointed	Georg Gänswein	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
7 Dec 2012	56.4	Appointed	Georg Gänswein	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
25 Dec 2012	81.5	Died	Rudolf Müller †	Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz
6 Jan 2013	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Georg Gänswein	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
18 Jan 2013	58.6	Appointed	Heiner Koch	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen)
26 Jan 2013	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Voderholzer	Bishop of Regensburg
28 Feb 2013	65.2	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	85.9	Resigned	Joseph Ratzinger	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)	Pope Emeritus
16 Mar 2013	58.8	Installed	Heiner Koch	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen)
	65.2	Confirmed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Confirmed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Confirmed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Confirmed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
10 Apr 2013	90.3	Died	Bernhard Rieger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
16 Apr 2013	80.1	Died	Reinhard Lettmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Münster
8 May 2013	56.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	56.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	56.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	56.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	56.5	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand