Awards
- 1980 missio diploma prize
- 1985 Heinrich-Köppler-prize "Jugend hilft Jugend in der Dritten Welt" (6. prize)
- 1997 Sevana Ratna Award/Kerala State
- 2000 Ring of Honours of the diocese Eluru/Andhra Pradesh
- 2002 Rolf Linse is nominated Prelate by Pope Johannes Paul II.
- 2004 Vikalanga Sevak Award/Kerala State
- 2004 Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2004 FUTUR-eins/commendation by the consumer advice center NRW for Fair Trade
- 2008 Award for outstanding service/Indore
- 2016 Federal Cross of Merit ("Bundesverdienstkreuz") for Prelate Linse