Bishop Noël de Cleene, C.I.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville

Titular Bishop of Usula

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1870		Born	Nieuwkerken-Waas, Belgium
18 Dec 1892	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary
18 Dec 1924	54.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Dec 1924	54.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Usula
24 Feb 1925	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Usula
Feb 1926³	56.0	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Jul 1932	62.4	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Oct 1942	72.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 17.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers †
- Bishop Antoine Alphonse de Wachter †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Noël de Cleene, C.I.M. † (1925)
Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †

Source(s):

ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1925, Number 9

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