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Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 1968 Friedrich Cardinal WetterArchbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}
11 Apr 1970 Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner DickeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
23 Oct 1977 Bishop Gerhard PieschlAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg
18 Feb 1979 Bishop Theodor KettmannAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück
4 Oct 1979 Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M.Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
26 Nov 1980 Bishop Joachim WankeBishop Emeritus of Erfurt
5 Jul 1981 Bishop Paul Friedrich WehrleAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau
16 Jun 1984 Archbishop Karl Heinrich BraunArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg
17 Dec 1985 Bishop Luis Teodorico StöcklerBishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina
21 Dec 1985 Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz KraemerBishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
21 May 1986 Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
20 Feb 1988 Bishop Joachim Friedrich ReineltBishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen)
Most Junior
2 Feb 2025 Father Stephan Lipke, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2 Feb 2025 Father Andreas GeßmannAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Essen
1 Dec 2024 Monsignor Klaus Matthias KrämerBishop-Elect of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
9 May 2024 Bishop Paul RederAuxiliary Bishop of Würzburg
25 Nov 2023 Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia, Turkey
26 Sep 2021 Bishop Josef HoltkotteAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn
8 Sep 2021 Bishop Vincenzo VivaBishop of Albano, Italy
27 Feb 2021 Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
6 Jun 2020 Bishop Bertram Johannes MeierBishop of Augsburg
13 Jul 2019 Bishop Gerhard SchneiderAuxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
30 Jun 2019 Bishop Christian WürtzAuxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
1 Sep 2018 Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.Bishop of Hildesheim

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