Bishop Heinrich Vollmar †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

Titular Bishop of Pergamum

Note(s): (vica/Prussia)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1839		Born
15 Aug 1863	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
9 Nov 1903	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Germany, Military
9 Nov 1903	64.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pergamum
10 Feb 1904	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pergamum
9 Aug 1913	74.2	Resigned	Bishop of Germany, Military
8 Jul 1915	76.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

MicroData Summary
Heinrich Vollmar
Bishop Heinrich Vollmar
(born 1 May 1839, died 8 Jul 1915)
Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Paderborn, Diocese of Paderborn
Ordained Bishop Sankt Johann (Garrison), Church, Berlin, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
Death Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 51.8 years
a bishop for 11.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Georg Cardinal von Kopp †
Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustinus Rosentreter †
Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)
Bishop Wilhelm Schneider †
Bishop of Paderborn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Georg Cardinal von Kopp † (1881)
Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau)
Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (1871)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)
Bishop of Osnabrück
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Athanasius Klemens Götte, O.F.M. † (1905)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 250876333
WikiData: Q1599138

Source(s):

b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1904, Number 5
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 49, Number 3,364
c2+/loc: CB, 19 Apr 2026

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