Archdiocese of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Archbishops of Luxembourg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (53)
(2011.07.12 – ...)

Born:	1958.08.09 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1990.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.10.16

Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (2011.07.12 – ...)

Archbishop Fernand Franck (78)
(1990.12.21 – 2011.07.12)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1934.05.06 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.02.02

Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1990.12.21 – 2011.07.12)

Vice-President of Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) (1993 – 2000)

Archbishop Jean Hengen
(1988.04.23 – 1990.12.21)

Born:	1912.11.23 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1940.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.04
Died:	2005.01.29 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1967.04.08 – 1971.02.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1967.04.08 – 1971.02.13)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1971.02.13 – 1988.04.23)

Vice-President of Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) (1982 – 1984)

President of Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) (1984 – 1990)

Archbishop ad personam (1985.05.16 – 1988.04.23)

Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1988.04.23 – 1990.12.21)

Bishops of Luxembourg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean Hengen
(1971.02.13 – 1988.04.23)

(see above)

Bishop Léon Lommel
(1956.10.21 – 1971.02.13)

Born:	1893.02.03
Ordained Priest:	1919.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.06.29
Died:	1978.03.12 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Nephelis (1949.05.14 – 1956.10.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1949.05.14 – 1956.10.21)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1956.10.21 – 1971.02.13)

Bishop Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I.
(1935.04.25 – 1956.10.21)

Born:	1877.04.03 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1904.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.06.09
Died:	1956.10.21 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Knin (1926.01.20 – 1935.04.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1926.01.20 – 1935.04.25)

Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) (1926.01.20 – 1935.10.24)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1935.04.25 – 1956.10.21)

Bishop Petrus Nommesch
(1920.03.08 – 1935.10.09)

Born:	1864.12.16
Ordained Priest:	1890.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.03.25
Died:	1935.10.09 († 70)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1920.03.08 – 1935.10.09)

Bishop Johannes Joseph Koppers
(1883.09.28 – 1918.11.29)

Born:	1843.09.16
Ordained Priest:	1868.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.11.04
Died:	1918.11.29 († 75)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1883.09.28 – 1918.11.29)

Bishop Nikolaus Adames
(1870.09.27 – 1883.10.27)

Born:	1813.12.29
Ordained Priest:	1839.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1863.06.29
Died:	1887.02.13 († 73)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1848.05.07 – 1863.03.27)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1863.03.27 – 1870.09.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1863.03.27 – 1870.09.27)

Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1870.09.27 – 1883.10.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Luxembourg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nikolaus Adames
(1863.03.27 – 1870.09.27)

(see above)

Fr. Nikolaus Adames (later Bishop)
(1848.05.07 – 1863.03.27)

(see above)

Bishop Johann Theodor Laurent
(1841.12.01 – 1856.07.10)

Born:	1804.07.06 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1829.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1839.12.27
Died:	1884.02.20 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1839.09.17 – 1841.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Chersonesus (1839.09.17 – 1884.02.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1841.12.01 – 1856.07.10)

Fr. Johann Theodor van der Noot
(1840.06.02 – 1841.12.13)

Born:	1769.08.06 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1797
Died:	1843.04.19 († 73)

Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1840.06.02 – 1841.12.13)

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