Joseph Cardinal Höffner †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1906		Born
30 Oct 1932	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
9 Jul 1962	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
14 Sep 1962	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Münster, Germany
6 Jan 1969	62.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Jan 1969	62.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
24 Feb 1969	62.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Apr 1969	62.3	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Apr 1969	62.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
14 Sep 1987	80.7	Retired	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Oct 1987	80.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Joseph Höffner
Joseph Cardinal Höffner
(born 24 Dec 1906, died 16 Oct 1987)
Archbishop 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
Consistory - 1969: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Horhausen, Diocese of Trier
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 54.9 years
a bishop for 25.0 years
a cardinal for 18.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Matthias Wehr †
Bishop of Trier
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Baaken †
Titular Bishop of Gordus
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg †
Titular Bishop of Thuburnica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Bishop of Trier
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench † (1935)
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (1968)
Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann (1969)
Bishop Thomas Löhr (1976)
Bishop Franz Josef Gebert (1977)
Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki (1985)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. † (1963)
Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. † (1963)
Bishop Laurenz Böggering † (1967)
Bishop Hubert Luthe † (1969)
Bishop Klaus Dick † (1975)
Bishop Josef Plöger † (1975)
Bishop Franz Kamphaus † (1982)
Bishop Walter Theodor Jansen † (1983)
Bishop Josef Homeyer † (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Johannes Dyba † (1979)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 110635958
WikiData: Q45060

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 142
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 389, Ascendance

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