Bishop Wilhelm Cleven †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Sasima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1893		Born
14 Aug 1921	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Nov 1950	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Nov 1950	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sasima
28 Jan 1951	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sasima
25 Jul 1983	90.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
14 Aug 1983	90.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Wilhelm Cleven
Bishop Wilhelm Cleven
(born 25 Jul 1893, died 14 Aug 1983)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

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 Saeffelen, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Stockums †
Titular Bishop of Erythrae
Bishop Joseph Ferche †
Titular Bishop of Vina

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Augustinus Frotz † (1962)
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Bishop Hubert Luthe † (1969)
Bishop Klaus Dick † (1975)
Bishop Josef Plöger † (1975)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/181792
VIAF: 188819650
WikiData: Q2572269

Source(s):

b: CB, 22 Jul 2012
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 3

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