Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1905		Born
8 Sep 1927	22.3	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 Sep 1930	25.3	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
22 May 1932	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
20 Mar 1948	42.9	Appointed	Prefect of Indore, India
14 Jun 1951	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
29 Jul 1951	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
28 Feb 1974	68.8	Resigned	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
23 Oct 1985	80.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India

MicroData Summary
Hermann Westermann
Bishop Hermann Westermann S.V.D.
(born 24 Apr 1905, died 23 Oct 1985)
Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur

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 Werne, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest Techny, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ordained Bishop Siegburg

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernard James Sheil †
Titular Bishop of Pegae
Principal Consecrator:
Josef Cardinal Frings †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †
Bishop of Ranchi
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. †
Titular Bishop of Usinaza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. † (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Niclas Kujur, S.J. † (1952)
Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (1974)
Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. † (1979)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Werne, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest	Techny, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ordained Bishop	Siegburg

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q998637

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 73
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 119
firs/fina/c1: CB, 2 Dec 2021

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