Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin †

Deceased

Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Dec 1796		Born
24 Sep 1821	24.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Hildesheim, Germany
11 Nov 1821	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Nov 1849	52.9	Selected	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30 Sep 1850	53.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Nov 1850	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
25 Dec 1870	73.9	Died	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

MicroData Summary
Eduard Jakob Wedekin
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin
(born 30 Dec 1796, died 25 Dec 1870)
Bishop of Hildesheim

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Groß-Düngen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Georg Müller †
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Johann Franz Drepper †
Bishop of Paderborn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Paul Ludolf Cardinal Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Konrad Martin † (1856)
Bishop Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (1866)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Groß-Düngen
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/159003
VIAF: 310149196260074790580
WikiData: Q2691123

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 306
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1850, Number 57
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 475, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,108, Ascendance

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