Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler †

Deceased

Bishop of Mainz, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1811		Born
1 Jun 1844	32.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
20 May 1850	38.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
25 Jul 1850	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
13 Jul 1877	65.5	Died	Bishop of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary
Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler
Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler
(born 25 Dec 1811, died 13 Jul 1877)
Bishop of Mainz

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Münster

a priest for 33.1 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hermann Anton Constantin Franz Sales Johann Nepomuk von Vicari †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Josef Blum †
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Christoph Florentius Kött †
Bishop of Fulda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hermann Anton Constantin Franz Sales Johann Nepomuk von Vicari † (1832)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Bernhard Boll, O. Cist. † (1827)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Ferdinand August Maria Joseph Anton Spiegel zum Desenberg † (1825)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lothar von Kübel † (1868)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Philipp Cardinal Krementz † (1868)
Bishop Johannes Bernard Brinkmann † (1870)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/81845
VIAF: 66484210
WikiData: Q626805

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 389
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1850, Number 36

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