Bishop Hubert Luthe †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1927		Born
2 Jul 1953	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Oct 1969	42.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Oct 1969	42.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Egabro
14 Dec 1969	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Egabro
18 Dec 1991	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
2 Feb 1992	64.6	Installed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
22 May 2002	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Essen, Germany
4 Feb 2014	86.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Hubert Luthe
Bishop Hubert Luthe
(born 22 May 1927, died 4 Feb 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Essen

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

a priest for 60.5 years
a bishop for 44.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Cleven †
Titular Bishop of Sasima
Bishop Augustinus Frotz †
Titular Bishop of Corada

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Höffner † (1962)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Bishop of Trier
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench † (1935)
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Vorrath † (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Klaus Dick † (1975)
Bishop Josef Plöger † (1975)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/169672
VIAF: 84498308
WikiData: Q97497

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 4 Feb 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 389

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