Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1933		Born
26 Jul 1959	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
3 Feb 1972	38.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
3 Feb 1972	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Obba
11 May 1972	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Obba
1 Jul 1974	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
15 Dec 2009	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
19 Nov 2016	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa

MicroData Summary for Erwin Hecht
(VIAF: 3484151002108430280009; WikiData: Q1362998)
Bishop Erwin Hecht O.M.I. (born 13 Oct 1933, died 19 Nov 2016) Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Burgrieden, Germany
Ordained Bishop Open Air, St. Bonifaco, Church, Kimberley, Diocese of Kimberley
Death Place Hunfeld, Germany

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 44.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Khoarai †
Bishop of Leribe
Bishop Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. †
Bishop of Mariannhill

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † (1966)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane † (1976)
Archbishop Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (1998)
Archbishop Abel Doctor Gabuza † (2011)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Dec 2009
d: CB, 21 Nov 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 18, Number 974

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