Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1898		Born
23 Sep 1923	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
13 Nov 1958	60.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Nov 1958	60.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
5 Apr 1959	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
10 Nov 1959	61.7	Appointed	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Aug 1967	69.5	Resigned	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Aug 1967	69.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
14 Sep 1976	78.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
14 Jun 1983	85.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for Léon Théobald Delaere
(WikiData: Q63231824)
Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere O.F.M. Cap. (born 1 Feb 1898, died 14 Jun 1983) Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gullegem, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Molegbe
Death Place Vigne

a priest for 59.7 years
a bishop for 24.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Boseta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Bargylia
Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Sufetula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † (1943)
Titular Bishop of Boseta
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando † (1961)
Bishop Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. † (1964)
Bishop Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. † (1968)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 24

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