Hermann Cardinal Volk †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Dec 1903		Born
2 Apr 1927	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany
3 Mar 1962	58.1	Selected	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
25 Mar 1962	58.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
5 Jun 1962	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
5 Mar 1973	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	69.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
27 Dec 1982	79.0	Retired	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
1 Jul 1988	84.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

MicroData Summary
Hermann Volk
Hermann Cardinal Volk
(born 27 Dec 1903, died 1 Jul 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Mainz

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Steinheim, Diocese of Mainz
Ordained Bishop Mainz, Diocese of Mainz
Death Place Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

a priest for 61.2 years
a bishop for 26.0 years
a cardinal for 15.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo †
Bishop of Mainz
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele †
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht †
Bishop of Rottenburg
Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †
Titular Bishop of Sinope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele † (1955)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † (1952)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archbishop Wendelin Rauch † (1948)
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. (1973)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Josef Clemens (1975)
Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller (1978)
Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Wolfgang Rolly † (1972)
Karl Cardinal Lehmann † (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968)
Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. † (1968)
Bishop Ernst Gutting † (1971)
Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach † (1988)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Steinheim, Diocese of Mainz
Ordained Bishop	Mainz, Diocese of Mainz
Death Place	Mainz, Diocese of Mainz

External Link(s):

VIAF: 805245
WikiData: Q61893

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 71
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,090, Ascendance

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