Bishop Karl Reger †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha

Motto: Deus Caritas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1930		Born
25 Jul 1960	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Aachen, Germany
23 Dec 1986	56.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
23 Dec 1986	56.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha
7 Feb 1987	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha
15 Mar 2006	75.5	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
27 Mar 2024	93.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Karl Reger
Bishop Karl Reger
(born 7 Sep 1930, died 27 Mar 2024)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen

Event Place
Birth Place Giescheid
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral, Aachen, Diocese of Aachen
Death Place Schleiden, Diocese of Aachen
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Assumption, Cathedral, Aachen, Diocese of Aachen

a priest for 63.6 years
a bishop for 37.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Klaus Hemmerle †
Bishop of Aachen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke
Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia
Bishop Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle † (1975)
Bishop of Aachen
Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider † (1954)
Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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 Karl Borsch (2004)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 220672877
WikiData: Q90113

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Mar 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Number 8,870
d: CB, 24 Mar 2024

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