Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.

Bishop of Münster, Germany

Motto: Adiutores Gaudii Vestri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1961		Born
29 Sep 1982	21.4	First Vows	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
1985²	23.7	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
31 May 1987	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
25 May 2015	54.1	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
6 Apr 2018	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
1 Sep 2018	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
26 Mar 2026	64.9	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Jun 2026	65.1	Installed	Bishop of Münster, Germany

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Heiner Wilmer
Bishop Heiner Wilmer S.C.I.
(born 9 Apr 1961)
Bishop of Münster

Event Place
Birth Place Schapen, Diocese of Osnabrück
Ordained Priest Freiburg, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Oskar Saier †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Stefan Heße (Hesse)
Archbishop of Hamburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Norbert Trelle
Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim
Bishop Johannes Wübbe
Titular Bishop of Ros Cré

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Stefan Heße (Hesse) (2015)
Archbishop of Hamburg
Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (1991)
Bishop of Osnabrück
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Marahrens (2026)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Schapen, Diocese of Osnabrück
Ordained Priest	Freiburg, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Hildesheim, Diocese of Hildesheim

External Link(s):

VIAF: 64667323
WikiData: Q20022882

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Apr 2018
ob/c2+: CB, 16 Apr 2018
c34: CB, 1 Sep 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 237, Number 19,843
ab: Bollettino, 26 Mar 2026
i: CB, 27 Mar 2026

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