Bl. Clemens August Cardinal von Galen †

Deceased

Bishop of Münster, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1878		Born
28 May 1904	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
5 Sep 1933	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Münster, Germany
28 Oct 1933	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 Feb 1946	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	67.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
22 Mar 1946	68.0	Died	Bishop of Münster, Germany
9 Oct 2005		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Clemens August von Galen
Bl. Clemens August Cardinal von Galen
(born 16 Mar 1878, died 22 Mar 1946)
Bishop of Münster

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Dinklage en Oldenburg
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster
Death Place Münster, Diocese of Münster

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 12.4 years
a cardinal for .0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Consecrator:
Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning †
Bishop of Osnabrück
Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †
Bishop of Trier

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte † (1910)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Anton Hubert Cardinal Fischer † (1889)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Philipp Krementz † (1868)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (1858)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (1850)
Bishop of Hildesheim
Johannes Cardinal von Geissel † (1837)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg † (1821)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Francesco Serra Cassano † (1818)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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:
Bishop Julius Angerhausen † (1935)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Heinrich Roleff † (1936)
Archbishop Heinrich Wienken † (1937)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † (1933)
Archbishop Joseph Godehard Machens † (1934)
Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski † (1938)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/46525
VIAF: 92406147
WikiData: Q76439

Source(s):

beat: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 73

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