Bishop Josef Voß (Voss) †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Titular Bishop of Thisiduo

Motto: Deus Caritas Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1937		Born
10 Oct 1964	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
18 Mar 1988	51.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Mar 1988	51.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo
24 Apr 1988	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo
16 Dec 2009	72.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

MicroData Summary
Josef Voß (Voss)
Bishop Josef Voß (Voss)
(born 9 Mar 1937, died 16 Dec 2009)
Auxiliary Bishop of Münster

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Langenberg-Benteler
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marijan Oblak †
Archbishop of Zadar (Zara)
Bishop Hermann Josef Spital †
Bishop of Trier

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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 84233480
WikiData: Q97054

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Number 9,625
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)

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