Hubert Luthe [SEP] position held
Hubert Luthe
Hubert Luthe (22 May 1927 – 4 February 2014) was a German Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1951, Luthe was appointed titular bishop of "Egabro" and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany. In 1991, he appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen and retired in 2002.
Vatican Council, Frings gave a speech in Genoa with the title: "Das Konzil auf dem Hintergrund der Zeitlage im Unterschied zum ersten vatikanischen Konzil" ("The council on the background of the present time in contrast to the First Vatican Council"). When Pope John XXIII later got hold of the text of the speech, he summoned Frings for an audience at the Vatican. Cardinal Frings, who was doubtful as to whether the pope liked his speech, said to his secretary Dr Hubert Luthe, who would later