Bishop Matthias König

Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

Titular Bishop of Elicroca

Motto: Omnia In Nomine Jesu Domini

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1959		Born
25 May 1985	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
14 Oct 2004	44.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
14 Oct 2004	44.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elicroca
5 Dec 2004	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Elicroca

MicroData Summary
Matthias König
Bishop Matthias König
(born 3 Nov 1959)
Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn

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

Event Place
Birth Place Dortmund
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor
Bishop Paul Consbruch †
Titular Bishop of Gor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker (2000)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hubert Berenbrinker (2008)
Bishop Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B. (2015)
Bishop Josef Holtkotte (2021)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 4109151112575037180009
WikiData: Q95503

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Number 14,722

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