Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1895		Born
Sep 1913³	18.4	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
25 Aug 1926	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
14 Jul 1949	54.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Jul 1949	54.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
21 Aug 1949	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
Dec 1954³	59.6	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Jun 1973	78.2	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph Guffens
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Bishop Joseph Guffens S.J. (born 25 Mar 1895, died 21 Jun 1973) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango

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 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Kinzambi
Death Place Etterbeck

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 23.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri van Schingen, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Phelbes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Uccula
Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Tigava

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henri van Schingen, S.J. † (1937)
Titular Bishop of Phelbes
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † (1931)
Titular Bishop of Uccula
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Kinzambi
Death Place	Etterbeck

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 71
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 7, Column 193, to Column 196

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