Bishop Franz Grave †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Tingaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Nov 1932		Born
2 Feb 1959	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Essen, Germany
31 Mar 1988	55.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
31 Mar 1988	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tingaria
3 May 1988	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tingaria
27 Jun 2008	75.5	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
19 Feb 2022	89.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

MicroData Summary for Franz Grave
(VIAF: 15599579; WikiData: Q87324)
Bishop Franz Grave (born 25 Nov 1932, died 19 Feb 2022) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Essen, Diocese of Essen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Essen, Diocese of Essen
Death Place Essen, Diocese of Essen

a priest for 63.0 years
a bishop for 33.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen †
Titular Bishop of Eminentiana
Bishop Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †
Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Hengsbach † (1953)
Bishop of Essen
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Vorrath † (1996)
Bishop Ludger Schepers (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Essen, Diocese of Essen
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Essen, Diocese of Essen
Death Place	Essen, Diocese of Essen

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,719
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 19 Feb 2022

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