Bishop Josef Stoffels †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Adraa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1879		Born
28 Mar 1903	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Nov 1922	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Nov 1922	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Adraa
17 Dec 1922	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adraa
17 Oct 1923	44.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Josef Stoffels
Bishop Josef Stoffels
(born 2 Oct 1879, died 17 Oct 1923)
Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}

Event Place
Birth Place Duisburg-Ruhrort
Death Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 20.5 years
a bishop for .8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer †
Titular Bishop of Delcus
Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter †
Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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: 221473389
WikiData: Q1235026

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 78

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