Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore

Titular Bishop of Vescera

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1885		Born	Winnezeele, France
17 Jul 1910	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
27 Jan 1936	50.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jan 1936	50.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vescera
26 Jul 1937	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vescera
29 Oct 1938	53.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Dec 1947³	62.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jul 1969	84.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Auguste Declercq, C.I.C.M. †
- Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. † (1937)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
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:
- Archbishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †
- Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1936, Number 49

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