Bishop Manfred Melzer †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Carinola

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1944		Born
1 Feb 1972	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Jun 1995	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Jun 1995	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carinola
10 Sep 1995	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carinola
5 Jun 2015	71.2	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Aug 2018	74.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Manfred Melzer
Bishop Manfred Melzer
(born 28 Feb 1944, died 9 Aug 2018)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Solingen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Death Place Frechen

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Klaus Dick †
Titular Bishop of Guzabeta
Bishop Josef Plöger †
Titular Bishop of Aguntum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joachim Cardinal Meisner † (1975)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia
Archbishop Alfred Bengsch † (1959)
Bishop of Berlin
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Bishop of Berlin
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Archbishop Heiner Koch (2006)
Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (2012)
Bishop Ansgar Puff (2013)
Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Solingen
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Death Place	Frechen

External Link(s):

VIAF: 220724791
WikiData: Q97208

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,606
r: Bollettino, 5 Jun 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 9 Aug 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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