Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo

Titular Bishop of Thois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Dec 1886		Born	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 Jun 1917	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
9 Jan 1930	43.1	Appointed	Prefect of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec 1937	51.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thois
2 Dec 1937	51.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Mar 1938	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thois
Oct 1954³	67.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Aug 1962	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 45.2 years
a bishop for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
- Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. † (1938)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 21

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