Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1909		Born
11 Jul 1937	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
13 Mar 1947	37.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa
13 Mar 1947	37.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Attuda
15 May 1947	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Attuda
11 Jan 1951	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa
17 Dec 1973	64.6	Resigned	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa
6 Oct 2000	91.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Johannes Baptist Lück
Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück S.C.I.
(born 8 May 1909, died 6 Oct 2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal

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

Event Place
Birth Place Langförden, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Aliwal North, Vicariate Apostolic of Aliwal
Death Place Fürstenau

a priest for 63.2 years
a bishop for 53.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. †
Titular Bishop of Usinaza
Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Mina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. † (1948)
Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. † (1967)
Bishop Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. † (1969)
Bishop John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. † (1972)
Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. † (1974)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 301382047
WikiData: Q56461663

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 42
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)

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