Pope Benedict XVI

Joseph Ratzinger †

Deceased

Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Motto: Cooperatores Veritatis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1927		Born
29 Oct 1950	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
29 Jun 1951	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Mar 1977	49.9	Appointed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
28 May 1977	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
27 Jun 1977	50.1	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Jun 1977	50.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
15 Oct 1977	50.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
25 Nov 1981	54.6	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
15 Feb 1982	54.8	Resigned	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
5 Apr 1993	65.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
16 May 1993	66.0	Installed	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
9 Nov 1998	71.5	Confirmed	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals
27 Nov 2002	75.6	Elected	Dean of the College of Cardinals
30 Nov 2002	75.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
30 Nov 2002	75.6	Confirmed	Dean of the College of Cardinals
16 Mar 2003	75.9	Installed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
2 Apr 2005	77.9	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission
2 Apr 2005	77.9	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2 Apr 2005	77.9	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
19 Apr 2005	78.0	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Apr 2005	78.0	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Feb 2013	85.8	Resigned	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
31 Dec 2022	95.7	Died	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

MicroData Summary
Joseph Ratzinger
Pope Joseph Ratzinger
(born 16 Apr 1927, died 31 Dec 2022)
Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}

Consistory - 1977: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated
Conclave - 2005: Participated; Dean; Elected Pope
Consistory - 2006: Pope
Consistory - 2007: Pope
Consistory - 2010: Pope
Consistory - February 2012: Pope
Consistory - November 2012: Pope
Conclave - 2013: Previous Pope

Event Place
Birth Place Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau, Germany
Ordained Deacon Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Priest Sts. Mary and Corbinian, Cathedral, Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Death Place Mater Ecclesiae, Monastery, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, San Pietro, Basilica, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 71.5 years
a bishop for 45.5 years
a cardinal for 27.8 years (Elected Pope)
a pope for 7.8 years (Resigned)

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †
Titular Bishop of Calydon
Ordained Priest by:
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josef Stangl †
Bishop of Würzburg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rudolf Graber †
Bishop of Regensburg
Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. †
Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
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 Deacon:
Bishop Stephen Andrew Hero (1999)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Bernhard Hasslberger (Haßlberger) (1977)
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (1989)
Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis (2008)
Principal Consecrator of:
Alberto Cardinal Bovone † (1984)
Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski † (2002)
Bishop Josef Clemens (2004)
Archbishop Bruno Forte (2004)
Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki (2007)
Archbishop Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro (2007)
Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi (2007)
Archbishop Tommaso Caputo (2007)
Bishop Sergio Pagano, B. (2007)
Archbishop Vincenzo Di Mauro (2007)
Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (2009)
Archbishop Franco Coppola (2009)
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Bishop Raffaello Martinelli (2009)
Bishop Giorgio Corbellini † (2009)
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. (2011)
Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci (2011)
Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta (2011)
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (2011)
Archbishop Edgar Robinson Peña Parra (2011)
Archbishop Charles John Brown (2012)
Archbishop Marek Solczyński (2012)
Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani (2013)
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu (2013)
Archbishop Georg Gänswein (2013)
Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau, Germany
Ordained Deacon	Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Priest	Sts. Mary and Corbinian, Cathedral, Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Death Place	Mater Ecclesiae, Monastery, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, San Pietro, Basilica, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102167198
WikiData: Q2494

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 179, Additions/Corrections (back)
r: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,672
d: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2022

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