Bishop Matthias Wehr †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

Titular Bishop of Rusuca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1892		Born
26 Mar 1922	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
3 Aug 1951	59.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trier, Germany
3 Aug 1951	59.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina
29 Oct 1951	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina
20 Dec 1951	59.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Trier, Germany
19 Nov 1966	74.7	Retired	Bishop of Trier, Germany
19 Nov 1966	74.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusuca
6 Nov 1967	75.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

MicroData Summary
Matthias Wehr
Bishop Matthias Wehr
(born 6 Mar 1892, died 6 Nov 1967)
Bishop Emeritus of Trier

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

Event Place
Birth Place Faha, Diocese of Trier
Ordained Bishop Trier, Diocese of Trier

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 16.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench †
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon Lommel †
Titular Bishop of Nephelis
Bishop Bernhard Stein †
Titular Bishop of Dagnum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Carl Schmidt † (1962)
Joseph Cardinal Höffner † (1962)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 57410450
WikiData: Q103410

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 111
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 389, Ascendance

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