Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann

Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1942		Born
3 Feb 1969	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1992	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
25 Jul 1992	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taddua
13 Sep 1992	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Taddua
25 Jun 2004	62.1	Appointed	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
19 Sep 2004	62.3	Installed	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
18 Sep 2017	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Friedhelm Hofmann
Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann
(born 12 May 1942)
Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Köln-Lindenthal, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Würzburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Höffner †
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Principal Consecrator:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Josef Plöger †
Titular Bishop of Aguntum
Bishop Walter Theodor Jansen †
Titular Bishop of Barica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joachim Cardinal Meisner † (1975)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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

Ordained Deacon:
Father Stephan Lipke, S.J. (2001)
Bishop Paul Reder (2013)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Paul Reder (2014)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ulrich Boom (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Jung (2018)
Bishop Paul Reder (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Köln-Lindenthal, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

External Link(s):

VIAF: 64796452
WikiData: Q45453

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,925
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 18 Sep 2017

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