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Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India

Titular Archbishop of Salamis

Events

a priest for 50.9 years a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator: Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Pietro Pisani † Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Pope Benedict XV (1907) (Giacomo della Chiesa †) Pope Pius X (1884) (St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) 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 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes † (1931) Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. † (1931) Bishop Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † (1932) Archbishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † (1936) Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † (1936) Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. † (1936) Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † (1938) Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † (1940) Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P. † (1941) Bishop Ignatius Mummadi † (1943) Bishop George Alapatt † (1944) Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946) Bishop Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. † (1947) Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond † (1947) Bishop Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. † (1948) Bishop Leo D’Mello † (1949) Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)