Franz Cardinal Hengsbach †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Sep 1910		Born
13 Mar 1937	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
20 Aug 1953	42.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
20 Aug 1953	42.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cantanus
29 Sep 1953	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cantanus
18 Nov 1957	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
1 Jan 1958	47.3	Installed	Bishop of Essen, Germany
10 Oct 1961	51.0	Appointed	Bishop of Germany, Military
22 May 1978	67.6	Resigned	Bishop of Germany, Military
28 Jun 1988	77.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	77.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario
10 Dec 1988	78.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario
21 Feb 1991	80.4	Retired	Bishop of Essen, Germany
24 Jun 1991	80.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

MicroData Summary for Franz Hengsbach
(VIAF: 64802145; WikiData: Q64060)
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach (born 10 Sep 1910, died 24 Jun 1991) Bishop Emeritus of Essen

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Velmede, Archdiocese of Paderborn
Ordained Bishop Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn
Death Place Essen, Diocese of Essen

a priest for 54.2 years
a bishop for 37.7 years
a cardinal for 2.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Kaspar Klein †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm †
Bishop of Berlin
Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †
Titular Bishop of Chusira

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lorenz 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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Franz Grave † (1959)
Bishop Franz Vorrath † (1962)
Bishop Ludger Schepers (1979)
Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann (1980)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen † (1959)
Bishop João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † (1962)
Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † (1966)
Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † (1968)
Bishop Franz Grave † (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Otto Spülbeck, C.O. † (1955)
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop Wilhelm Tuschen † (1958)
Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † (1959)
Bishop Paul Heinrich Nordhues † (1961)
Bishop Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. † (1967)
Johannes Joachim Cardinal Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel † (1970)
Bishop Gerhard Pieschl (1977)
Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle † (1983)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Velmede, Archdiocese of Paderborn
Ordained Bishop	Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn
Death Place	Essen, Diocese of Essen

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 1, Number 13
c3: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 2, Additions/Corrections (front)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 465, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 745, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 86

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