Friedrich Cardinal Wetter

Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1928		Born
10 Oct 1953	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Speyer, Germany
28 May 1968	40.2	Appointed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
29 Jun 1968	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
28 Oct 1982	54.6	Appointed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
12 Dec 1982	54.8	Installed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
25 May 1985	57.2	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1985	57.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
2 Feb 2007	78.9	Retired	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
2 Feb 2007	78.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
2 Feb 2008	79.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

MicroData Summary for Friedrich Wetter
(VIAF: 95214801; WikiData: Q45034)
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (born 20 Feb 1928) Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Landau, Diocese of Speyer
Ordained Priest Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Speyer, Diocese of Speyer

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}.

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Ordained Priest by:
Clemente Cardinal Micara †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel †
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Volk †
Bishop of Mainz
Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert †
Titular Bishop of Pausulae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Martin Krebs (1983)
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer (1987)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ernst Gutting † (1971)
Bishop Anton Schlembach † (1983)
Bishop Engelbert Siebler † (1986)
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. † (1993)
Bishop Bernhard Hasslberger (Haßlberger) (1994)
Bishop Franz Dietl † (1999)
Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alois Brems † (1968)
Bishop Wolfgang Bischof (2010)
Bishop Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Landau, Diocese of Speyer
Ordained Priest	Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Speyer, Diocese of Speyer

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 433
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 25 May 1985

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