Bishop Bede Beckmeyer, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Kandy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1873		Born	Matale
23 Jun 1899	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
19 Apr 1912	38.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
30 Jun 1912	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
22 May 1935	61.6	Died	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka

a priest for 35.9 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski †
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Adalric Benziger, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Quilon
Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Jaffna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (1878)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829)
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gaston Robichez, S.J. † (1917)
Bishop Jules-André Brault, O.M.I. † (1920)
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † (1924)
Archbishop Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. † (1930)
Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. † (1934)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1936
ob: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
op: Website of the Diocese, 19 Aug 2012
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1912, Number 41

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