Werner Thissen

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His Excellency

Werner Thissen
Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg
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Archbishop Dr. Werner Thissen (2012)
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Hamburg
Province Hamburg
Appointed22 November 2002
Installed25 January 2003
Quashed2003-2014
Term ended21 March 2014
Predecessor Ludwig Averkamp
Orders
Ordination29 June 1966
Consecration24 May 1999
by  Reinhard Lettmann
Personal details
Born (1938-12-03) 3 December 1938 (age 83)
Kleve Germany
NationalityGerman
Previous post(s) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
MottoIn Cristo Nova Creatura
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Werner Thissen.svg
Styles of
Werner Thissen
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous stylenot 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]

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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.

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References

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