Archbishop Werner Thissen †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

Motto: In Cristo Nova Creatura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Dec 1938		Born
29 Jun 1966	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
16 Apr 1999	60.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
16 Apr 1999	60.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scampa
24 May 1999	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scampa
22 Nov 2002	63.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
25 Jan 2003	64.1	Installed	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
21 Mar 2014	75.2	Retired	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
15 Apr 2025	86.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Werner Thissen
Archbishop Werner Thissen
(born 3 Dec 1938, died 15 Apr 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kleve, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Priest Saint Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster
Death Place Hamburg, Archdiocese of Hamburg

a priest for 58.7 years
a bishop for 25.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfons Demming †
Titular Bishop of Gordus
Bishop Heinrich Janssen †
Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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 Heinrich Timmerevers (2001)
Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (2004)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 18058665
WikiData: Q45371

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,562
r: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2014
d: CB, 15 Apr 2025

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