Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone

Motto: Dominus Jesus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Dec 1947		Born
3 Sep 1977	29.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Mainz, Germany
11 Feb 1978	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
1 Oct 2002	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
24 Nov 2002	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
2 Jul 2012	64.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
28 Feb 2013	65.1	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
28 Feb 2013	65.1	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
28 Feb 2013	65.1	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission
28 Feb 2013	65.1	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
16 Mar 2013	65.2	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
16 Mar 2013	65.2	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
16 Mar 2013	65.2	Confirmed	President of the International Theological Commission
16 Mar 2013	65.2	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
22 Feb 2014	66.1	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	66.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone
14 Sep 2014	66.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone
1 Jul 2017	69.5	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Jul 2017	69.5	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
1 Jul 2017	69.5	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission
1 Jul 2017	69.5	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
1 Jul 2024	76.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone

MicroData Summary
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller
(born 31 Dec 1947)
Prefect Emeritus of Doctrine of the Faith

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Consistory - 2014: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Mainz-Finthen, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Deacon Augustinerkirche, Church, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Priest St. Martin, Church, Mainz-Finthen, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Bishop Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Wolfgang Rolly †
Titular Bishop of Taborenta
Ordained Priest by:
Hermann Cardinal Volk †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Consecrator:
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Karl Cardinal Lehmann †
Bishop of Mainz
Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger †
Titular Bishop of Abziri
Bishop Manfred Müller †
Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Reinhard Pappenberger (2007)
Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Guido Pozzo (2012)
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mainz-Finthen, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Deacon	Augustinerkirche, Church, Mainz, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Priest	St. Martin, Church, Mainz-Finthen, Diocese of Mainz, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany

External Link(s):

VIAF: 84490448
WikiData: Q45158

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,283
ab: Bollettino, 2 Jul 2012
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cd: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: Bollettino, 10 Sep 2014
r: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2017
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2024

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