Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol]

Titular Bishop of Acarassus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1876		Born	Stabroek, Belgium
1895	18.2	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
14 Jul 1901	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
7 Jul 1922	45.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
7 Jul 1922	45.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis
26 Nov 1922	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis
4 Feb 1942	65.3	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China
11 Apr 1946	69.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
9 Jan 1948	71.2	Resigned	Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
9 Jan 1948	71.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Acarassus
14 Apr 1950	73.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 27.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Van Dyck, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. † (1922)
Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. † (1897)
Bishop Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † (1890)
Bishop Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † (1884)
Bishop Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † (1875)
Bishop Luigi Moccagatta, O.F.M. † (1845)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr. †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1922, Number 73

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