Bishop Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Matadi

Titular Bishop of Circesium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jan 1882		Born	Hal, Belgium
22 Sep 1906	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
28 Jun 1929	47.4	Appointed	Prefect of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jul 1930	48.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jul 1930	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Circesium
24 Aug 1930	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Circesium
May 1938³	56.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Aug 1962	80.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 32.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
- Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R. † (1930)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. †
- Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr. †
- Bishop Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R. †

Source(s):

op/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1930, Number 51

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