Bishop Heinrich Machens †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

Titular Bishop of Bida

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1919		Born
13 Mar 1949	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Mar 1976	57.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Mar 1976	57.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bida
7 Jun 1976	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bida
11 Feb 1994	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
17 Feb 2001	82.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

MicroData Summary
Heinrich Machens
Bishop Heinrich Machens
(born 25 Jan 1919, died 17 Feb 2001)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim

Event Place
Birth Place Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 24.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen †
Bishop of Hildesheim
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak †
Titular Bishop of Phytea
Bishop Hubertus Brandenburg †
Titular Bishop of Strathernia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen † (1957)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Archbishop Lorenz 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 Johannes Kapp † (1976)
Bishop Josef Homeyer † (1983)
Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz (1992)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18342128

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 36, Number 2,202

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