Bishop Werner Guballa †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

Titular Bishop of Catrum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Oct 1944		Born
10 Oct 1970	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
20 Feb 2003	58.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
20 Feb 2003	58.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Catrum
21 Apr 2003	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Catrum
27 Feb 2012	67.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary
Werner Guballa
Bishop Werner Guballa
(born 30 Oct 1944, died 27 Feb 2012)
Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mainz-Marienborn, Diocese of Mainz
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

a priest for 41.3 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal Willebrands †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
Principal Consecrator:
Karl Cardinal Lehmann †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber †
Titular Archbishop of Iubaltiana
Bishop Wolfgang Rolly †
Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Karl Cardinal Lehmann † (1983)
Bishop of Mainz
Hermann Cardinal Volk † (1962)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 306160351
WikiData: Q96216

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 171, Number 14,364
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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