Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr.

Bishop of Bethlehem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1948		Born	Beigem, Belgium
19 Jan 1979	31.0	Professed	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
7 Jul 1979	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
31 Dec 2008	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
28 Mar 2009	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bethlehem.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Patrick Green
Bishop Hubert Bucher

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. (2009)
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. (2002)
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2008
ob/c2+: CB

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