Bishop Dieter Geerlings

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

Titular Bishop of Tacapae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1947		Born
20 May 1973	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
31 May 2010	62.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
31 May 2010	62.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
29 Aug 2010	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
24 Nov 2017	70.3	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

MicroData Summary for Dieter Geerlings
(VIAF: 5609150943156626760002; WikiData: Q97679)
Bishop Dieter Geerlings (born 15 Jul 1947) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster

Event Place
Birth Place Emmerich
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Münster.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Felix Genn
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop Emeritus of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Janssen †
Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Felix Genn (1999)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980)
Bishop of Trier
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 (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

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 May 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,777
r: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2017

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