Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Feb 1908		Born	Oisterwijk, Netherlands
29 Jun 1934	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
11 Apr 1946	38.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Musoma-Maswa, Tanzania
11 Apr 1946	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bubastis
6 Oct 1946	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bubastis
25 Jun 1950	42.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania
27 Jun 1950	42.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, Tanzania
25 Mar 1953	45.1	Appointed	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
25 Mar 1953	45.1	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, Tanzania
15 Oct 1965	57.7	Resigned	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
15 Oct 1965	57.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi
13 May 1977	69.3	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi
3 Nov 1992	84.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

a priest for 58.3 years
a bishop for 46.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Wilhelmus Maria Baeten †
Bishop Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. † (1946)
Archbishop Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts † (1942)
Johannes Cardinal de Jong † (1935)
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Archbishop Hendrik van de Wetering † (1895)
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Bottemanne † (1883)
Archbishop Pieter Mathijs Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Bishop Kaspar Max Freiherr Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus Herzog von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund Pfalzgraf am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang Reichsfreiherr von Bodman †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John James Rudin, M.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Archbishop Marc Mihayo †

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