Bishop Thomas Löhr

Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

Titular Bishop of Diana

Motto: Veritatem Facientes In Caritate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Feb 1952		Born
10 Oct 1976	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limburg, Germany
15 Jun 2009	57.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
15 Jun 2009	57.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diana
30 Aug 2009	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Diana

MicroData Summary
Thomas Löhr
Bishop Thomas Löhr
(born 29 Feb 1952)
Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg

Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Frankfurt, Diocese of Limburg
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Limburg, Diocese of Limburg

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Limburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
Bishop of Limburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Kamphaus †
Bishop Emeritus of Limburg
Bishop Gerhard Pieschl
Titular Bishop of Misenum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (2004)
Bishop of Limburg
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 308712596
WikiData: Q91793

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,265

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