Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}

Titular Bishop of Colophon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1844		Born	Thielt, Belgium
14 Oct 1865	21.6	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
6 Jun 1868	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
13 Feb 1889	45.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
13 Feb 1889	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colophon
12 May 1889	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colophon
1899	54.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
10 Jan 1931	86.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

a priest for 62.6 years
a bishop for 41.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. † (1889)
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. † (1884)
Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † (1874)
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. † (1861)
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. † (1849)
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Verissimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Hofman, O.F.M. †
Bishop Cesar Jean Schang, O.F.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop François Lesné †
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. †

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