Bishop Ludger Schepers

Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Apr 1953		Born
2 Mar 1979	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Essen, Germany
27 Jun 2008	55.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
27 Jun 2008	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari
19 Sep 2008	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari

MicroData Summary
Ludger Schepers
Bishop Ludger Schepers
(born 18 Apr 1953)
Auxiliary Bishop of Essen

Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Oberhausen, Diocese of Essen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Essen, Diocese of Essen

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Essen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Felix Genn
Bishop of Essen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Grave †
Titular Bishop of Tingaria
Bishop Franz Vorrath †
Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Felix Genn (1999)
Bishop of Essen
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital † (1980)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
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 Wilhelm Zimmermann (2014)
Bishop Andreas Geßmann (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 5597160606872516300002
WikiData: Q87328

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Number 15,960

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