Johannes Enen (1483–1519) was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...

who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (1517–1519).

Biography

Johannes Enen was born in Ehnen,

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

in 1483. On 13 Nov 1517, he was appointed during the

papacy The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of Trier"Bishop Johannes Enen"
''

Catholic-Hierarchy.org ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in ...

''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 6, 2016"Diocese of Trier"
''

''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Trier"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
''

''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Azotus"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 and

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Azotus. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Trier until his death on 31 Jul 1519.

References

16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Bishops appointed by Pope Leo X 1483 births 1519 deaths {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub