Werner Thissen Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Werner Thissen
Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Hamburg
Province:Hamburg
Appointed:22 November 2002
Term Start:25 January 2003
Quashed:2003-2014
Term End:21 March 2014
Predecessor:Ludwig Averkamp
Successor:Stefan Heße
Ordination:29 June 1966
Consecration:24 May 1999
Consecrated By:Reinhard Lettmann
Birth Date:3 December 1938
Birth Place:Kleve Germany
Nationality:German
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Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
Motto:In Cristo Nova Creatura
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Werner Thissen.svg
Werner Thissen
Deathstyle:not applicable

Werner Thissen (born 3 December 1938) is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Hamburg from 2002 until 2014 when he resigned and became Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg.[1]

Biography

Born in Kleve, Thissen was ordained to the priesthood in Münster on 29 June 1966.

On 16 April 1999 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Münster and Titular Bishop of Scampa. Thissen received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 May from Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, with Bishops Alfons Demming and Heinrich Janssen serving as co-consecrators.

He was named Archbishop of Hamburg by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 2002; he was installed as such on 25 January 2003.

References

  1. Neuer Hamburger Erzbischof besucht Staatskanzlei und Landtag, T-Online, 24 March 2015

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