Bishop Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Medeli

Motto: Adveniat Regnum Tuum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1876		Born
1897²	20.7	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1 Oct 1899	23.5	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
18 Jan 1900	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
19 Jun 1928	52.2	Appointed	Prefect of Central New Guinea
22 Aug 1931	55.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Central New Guinea
23 May 1933	57.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Medeli
23 May 1933	57.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
17 Dec 1933	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Medeli
17 Mar 1945	68.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Josef Lörks
Bishop Josef Lörks S.V.D.
(born 24 Mar 1876, died 17 Mar 1945)
Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Event Place
Birth Place Hanselaer, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest Mödling, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
Ordained Bishop Sankt Augustin, Seminary, Siegburg, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Death Place (at sea), South of Kavieng

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning †
Bishop of Osnabrück
Bishop Bl. Clemens August von Galen †
Bishop of Münster

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. † (1934)
Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. † (1939)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hanselaer, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest	Mödling, Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
Ordained Bishop	Sankt Augustin, Seminary, Siegburg, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Death Place	(at sea), South of Kavieng

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1659787

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b/c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 87
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 70

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