Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Titular Bishop of Benda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jun 1948		Born
30 May 1980	31.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Essen, Germany
14 Mar 2014	65.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
14 Mar 2014	65.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Benda
29 Jun 2014	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Benda
14 Nov 2024	76.4	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany

MicroData Summary
Wilhelm Zimmermann
Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann
(born 16 Jun 1948)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen

Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gelsenkirchen, Diocese of Essen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Essen, Diocese of Essen

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Essen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz Hengsbach †
Bishop of Essen
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck
Bishop of Essen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franz Vorrath †
Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii
Bishop Ludger Schepers
Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (2007)
Bishop of Essen
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Andreas Geßmann (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gelsenkirchen, Diocese of Essen
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Essen, Diocese of Essen

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15939539

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Mar 2014
ob/c1: CB, 14 Mar 2014
c2+: CB, 25 Jun 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,192
r: Bollettino, 14 Nov 2024

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