Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Franz Vorrath | |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen | |
Archdiocese: | Cologne |
Appointed: | 22 November 1995 |
Term End: | 14 March 2014 |
Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii (1995–2022) |
Ordination: | 26 July 1962 |
Ordained By: | Franz Hengsbach |
Consecration: | 7 January 1996 |
Consecrated By: | Hubert Luthe |
Birth Date: | 1937 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Essen, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany |
Death Place: | Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Franz Vorrath (9 July 1937 – 17 October 2022) was a German Roman Catholic prelate.
Vorrath was born in Germany and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of Vicus Aterii and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen, Germany, from 1996 until his retirement in 2014.[1]