sentences:  He was named Coadjutor Bishop of Osnabrück on November 7, 1985, and succeeded Helmut Wittler on September 9, 1987.Averkamp was later made the first Archbishop of Hamburg by Pope John Paul II on October 24, 1994; he was installed as such on January 7, 1995.Upon reaching age 75, Averkamp resigned as Hamburg's archbishop on February 16, 2002, after seven years of service.