Bishop Hermann Josef Spital †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Dec 1925		Born
6 Aug 1952	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
15 Oct 1980	54.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
15 Oct 1980	54.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana
14 Dec 1980	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana
24 Feb 1981	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Trier, Germany
17 May 1981	55.3	Installed	Bishop of Trier, Germany
15 Jan 2001	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Trier, Germany
10 Jan 2007	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

MicroData Summary
Hermann Josef Spital
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital
(born 31 Dec 1925, died 10 Jan 2007)
Bishop Emeritus of Trier

Event Place
Birth Place Münster, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster

a priest for 54.4 years
a bishop for 26.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael Keller †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Max Georg von Twickel †
Titular Bishop of Lugura
Bishop Wilhelm Wöste †
Titular Bishop of Thignica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Robert Brahm (1984)
Bishop Georg Bätzing (1987)
Bishop Jörg Michael Peters (1987)
Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Schwarz † (1982)
Bishop Gerhard Jakob † (1993)
Bishop Felix Genn (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Friedrich Ostermann † (1981)
Bishop Josef Voß (Voss) † (1988)
Archbishop Fernand Franck (1991)
Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger (1999)
Bishop Robert Brahm (2004)
Bishop Jörg Michael Peters (2004)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/274828
VIAF: 15498539
WikiData: Q113762

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 65, Number 5,096

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