Bishop Thomas Maria Renz

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

Titular Bishop of Rucuma

Motto: Caritas Dei In Cordibus Nostris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1957		Born
8 Oct 1984	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
29 Apr 1997	39.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
29 Apr 1997	39.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rucuma
22 Jun 1997	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rucuma

MicroData Summary
Thomas Maria Renz
Bishop Thomas Maria Renz
(born 9 Dec 1957)
Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
Ordained Bishop Saint Martin, Cathedral, Rottenburg, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Bishop of Berlin
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Walter Kasper
Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Kreidler
Titular Bishop of Edistiana
Bishop Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt †
Titular Bishop of Tigava

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Walter Kasper (1989)
Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Archbishop Oskar Saier † (1972)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 171644073
WikiData: Q85770

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,021

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