Bishop Franz Arnold Melchers †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Titular Bishop of Hebron

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1765³		Born
8 Apr 1789	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
21 Nov 1836	71.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Nov 1836	71.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hebron
6 May 1837	71.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hebron
18 Feb 1851	85.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Franz Arnold Melchers
Bishop Franz Arnold Melchers
(born 25 Oct 1765, died 18 Feb 1851)
Auxiliary Bishop of Münster

Event Place
Birth Place Werne

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 13.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Kornelius Dammers †
Titular Bishop of Tiberias
Bishop Karl Anton Joseph Lüpke †
Titular Bishop of Anthedon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi † (1842)
Assisted:
Bishop Richard Kornelius Dammers † (1824)
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Archbishop Klemens August Droste zu Vischering † (1827)
Bishop Karl Anton Joseph Lüpke † (1830)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/231140
VIAF: 102328575
WikiData: Q1446125

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 211
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1837, Number 8

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