Bishop Engelbert des Bois †

Deceased

Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jul 1578		Born
20 Sep 1603	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Mar 1630	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
7 Jul 1630	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
15 Aug 1651	73.0	Died	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Engelbert des Bois
Bishop Engelbert des Bois
(born 9 Jul 1578, died 15 Aug 1651)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Event Place
Birth Place Tornaci

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 21.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henri-François van der Burch †
Archbishop of Cambrai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacob Maximilien Villain †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henri-François van der Burch † (1613)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop François Villain de Gand † (1647)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Christophe de France † (1635)
Bishop Corneille Janssen † (1636)
Bishop Johann Sternenberg (de Dusseldorf) † (1648)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19288500

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 251
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1630, Number 10

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