Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique

Titular Bishop of Respecta

Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1922		Born	Hilversum, Netherlands
14 Jul 1946	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
12 Apr 1962	39.7	Appointed	Prelate of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
12 Apr 1962	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amisus
19 Jun 1962	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amisus
18 Feb 1978	55.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Amisus
3 Aug 1982	60.0	Appointed	Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
9 Aug 1982	60.1	Resigned	Prelate of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
22 Jan 1983	60.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Respecta
8 Mar 2002	79.6	Died	Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Salvatore Siino †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †
Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † (1962)
Archbishop Salvatore Siino † (1953)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Raul José Quimpo Martirez
Bishop Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap.

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