Bishop Josef Plöger †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Titular Bishop of Aguntum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1923		Born
24 Feb 1953	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 May 1975	51.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 May 1975	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
19 May 1975	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
15 Apr 1991	67.7	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Apr 2005	81.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary for Josef Plöger
(VIAF: 8119089; WikiData: Q1529408)
Bishop Josef Plöger (born 6 Jul 1923, died 22 Apr 2005) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Event Place
Birth Place Hünningen
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 29.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Bishop Wilhelm Cleven †
Titular Bishop of Sasima
Bishop Augustinus Frotz †
Titular Bishop of Corada
Bishop Hubert Luthe †
Titular Bishop of Egabro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Höffner † (1962)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Matthias Wehr † (1951)
Bishop of Trier
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench † (1935)
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Friedhelm Hofmann (1992)
Bishop Manfred Melzer † (1995)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,828

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