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German prelate of the Catholic Church
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Ludwig Averkamp
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
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Ludwig Averkamp (16 February 1927 – 29 July 2013) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Osnabrück from 1987 to 1994, and Archbishop of Hamburg from 1994 to 2002.

Biography

Born in Velen, Averkamp was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Ettore Cunial on 10 October 1954.

On 18 January 1973 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Münster and Titular Bishop of Thapsus. Averkamp received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 February from Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg, with Bishops Heinrich Baaken and Laurenz Böggering serving as co-consecrators.

He was named Coadjutor Bishop of Osnabrück on 7 November 1985, and succeeded Helmut Wittler on 9 September 1987. Averkamp was later made the first Archbishop of Hamburg by Pope John Paul II on 24 October 1994; he was installed as such on 7 January 1995.

Averkamp resigned as Hamburg's archbishop on 16 February 2002 at the age of 75, after seven years of service. The Archbishop Emeritus was also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, in World Religions.

References

  1. "Trauer : Erzbischof Ludwig Averkamp in Hamburg gestorben - Nachrichten Regionales - Hamburg - DIE WELT". Welt.de. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  2. Ludwig Averkamp

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byHelmut Hermann Wittler Bishop of Osnabrück
1987–1994 		Succeeded byFranz-Josef Bode
New title
Archdiocese newly established 		Archbishop of Hamburg
1994–2002 		Succeeded byWerner Thissen
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