Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis

Apostolic Administrator of Aachen

Motto: Fides Vincit

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1866		Born
14 Mar 1891	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
19 Jun 1922	56.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
19 Jun 1922	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis
9 Jul 1922	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis
16 Oct 1931	65.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
15 May 1938	71.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany
16 Mar 1943	76.7	Died	Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Hermann Joseph Sträter
Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter
(born 3 Jun 1866, died 16 Mar 1943)
Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen

Event Place
Birth Place Aachen-Forst

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 20.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Joseph Lausberg †
Titular Bishop of Thyatira
Bishop Johannes Scheifes †
Titular Bishop of Cestrus

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Friedrich Hünermann † (1939)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Stoffels † (1922)
Bishop Josef Hammels † (1924)
Bishop Johannes Hillebrand † (1926)
Bishop Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt † (1931)
Bishop Wilhelm Stockums † (1932)
Bishop Albert Maria Fuchs † (1935)
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. † (1936)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/125672
VIAF: 162530041
WikiData: Q1275082

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 45
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,491

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