Former Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mainz, Monsignor Joseph Maria Reuß, was born on December 13, 1906, in Limburg, Germany, and was ordained to the priesthood at 23 years of age, on April 6, 1930.
Pope Pius XII, appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, at the age of 47, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Sinope, on December 21, 1954, from Bishop Albert Stohr, assisted by Bishops Wilhelm Kempf and Isidor Markus Emanuel.
He resigned his office due to health reasons at the age of 71, on July 3, 1978, and passed away on June 5, 1985, after 55 years of priesthood and 30 of episcopate, aged 78.
Pope Pius XII, appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, at the age of 47, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Sinope, on December 21, 1954, from Bishop Albert Stohr, assisted by Bishops Wilhelm Kempf and Isidor Markus Emanuel.
He resigned his office due to health reasons at the age of 71, on July 3, 1978, and passed away on June 5, 1985, after 55 years of priesthood and 30 of episcopate, aged 78.
Former Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mainz, Monsignor Joseph Maria Reuß, was born on December 13, 1906, in Limburg, Germany, and was ordained to the priesthood at 23 years of age, on April 6, 1930.
Pope Pius XII, appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, at the age of 47, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Sinope, on December 21, 1954, from Bishop Albert Stohr, assisted by Bishops Wilhelm Kempf and Isidor Markus Emanuel.
He resigned his office due to health reasons at the age of 71, on July 3, 1978, and passed away on June 5, 1985, after 55 years of priesthood and 30 of episcopate, aged 78.
Pope Pius XII, appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, at the age of 47, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Sinope, on December 21, 1954, from Bishop Albert Stohr, assisted by Bishops Wilhelm Kempf and Isidor Markus Emanuel.
He resigned his office due to health reasons at the age of 71, on July 3, 1978, and passed away on June 5, 1985, after 55 years of priesthood and 30 of episcopate, aged 78.
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