Bishop Matthias Heinrich

Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Titular Bishop of Thibaris

Motto: Illum Oportet Crescere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1954		Born
1980	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Berlin, Germany
20 Jun 1981	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Berlin, Germany
18 Feb 2009	54.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
18 Feb 2009	54.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thibaris
19 Apr 2009	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thibaris

MicroData Summary
Matthias Heinrich
Bishop Matthias Heinrich
(born 26 Jun 1954)
Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin

Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Berlin, Diocese of Berlin
Ordained Bishop Sainte Hedwigs, Cathedral, Berlin, Archdiocese of Berlin

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Berlin.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Joachim Meisner †
Titular Bishop of Vina
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joachim Meisner †
Bishop of Berlin
Principal Consecrator:
Georg Maximilian Cardinal Sterzinsky †
Archbishop of Berlin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Wolfgang Weider †
Titular Bishop of Uzita

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Georg Maximilian Cardinal Sterzinsky † (1989)
Archbishop of Berlin
Bishop Joachim Wanke † (1980)
Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania
Bishop Joachim Meisner † (1975)
Bishop of Berlin
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia
Archbishop Alfred Bengsch † (1959)
Bishop of Berlin
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Bishop of Berlin
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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):

WikiData: Q98561

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,157

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 1 Apr 2026

✠