Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1624		Born	Bruxellen
12 Mar 1650	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 Aug 1669	44.9	Selected	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
17 Nov 1670	46.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
25 Jan 1671	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
7 Jun 1689	64.7	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

a priest for 39.2 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Martin Prats †
Bishop Ignaas-August van Grobbendonck Schetz †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes † (1671)
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (1654)
Archbishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (1635)
Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop François de Baillencourt †
Bishop Réginald Cools, O.P. †
Archbishop Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †
Sebastiano Antonio Cardinal Tanara †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 262
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,524

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