Archbishop Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1936		Born
23 May 1963	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
27 Apr 1978	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
27 Apr 1978	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
15 Aug 1978	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
24 Oct 1980	44.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
7 Jul 1990	53.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
16 Jun 1995	58.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
12 Sep 1996	60.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
11 Aug 2011	74.9	Retired	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
14 May 2023	86.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for Karl Bernhard Hesse
(VIAF: 58501350; WikiData: Q1564261)
Archbishop Karl Bernhard Hesse M.S.C. (born 15 Aug 1936, died 14 May 2023) Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wosswinkel, Diocese of Paderborn, Germany
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Vunapope
Death Place Vunapope, Hospital, Vunapope

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 44.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †
Titular Archbishop of Pandosia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Herman To Paivu †
Archbishop of Port Moresby
Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele †
Titular Bishop of Druas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † (1977)
Titular Archbishop of Pandosia
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † (1991)
Bishop Henk Kronenberg, S.M. † (1999)
Bishop Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † (1999)
Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa † (2000)
Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (2005)
Bishop John Doaninoel, S.M. † (2008)
Bishop William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. † (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wosswinkel, Diocese of Paderborn, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Vunapope
Death Place	Vunapope, Hospital, Vunapope

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 11 Aug 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 54, Number 3,889
d: CB, 14 May 2023
mn: CB, 7 Jun 2023

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