Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1928		Born
6 Aug 1952	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
23 Feb 1957	28.8	Incardinated	Priest of Essen, Germany
12 Oct 1968	40.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
12 Oct 1968	40.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
8 Dec 1968	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
24 Feb 1991	62.8	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
15 Feb 2001	72.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

MicroData Summary for Wolfgang Große (Grosse)
(VIAF: 221019106; WikiData: Q2589759)
Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) (born 23 Apr 1928, died 15 Feb 2001) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen

Event Place
Birth Place Dortmund
Ordained Bishop Essen, Diocese of Essen

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen †
Titular Bishop of Eminentiana
Bishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †
Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Hengsbach † (1953)
Bishop of Essen
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
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 Franz Grave † (1988)
Bishop Franz Vorrath † (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dortmund
Ordained Bishop	Essen, Diocese of Essen

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 465

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