Archbishop Joseph Mees †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Ypres

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Apr 1923		Born
4 Apr 1948	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
14 Jun 1969	46.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ypres
14 Jun 1969	46.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
30 Jun 1969	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Ypres
10 Jul 1973	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
19 Jan 1985	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
19 Jan 1985	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
Oct 1987	64.4	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
Oct 1987	64.4	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
9 Dec 2001	78.6	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

MicroData Summary
Joseph Mees
Archbishop Joseph Mees
(born 18 Apr 1923, died 9 Dec 2001)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Bornem, Belgium
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 53.6 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot †
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. † (1969)
Bishop Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † (1973)
Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte † (1976)
Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth. (1976)
Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete † (1978)
Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino † (1978)
Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (1980)
Bishop Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. † (1981)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bornem, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q14123438

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 154
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 376, Ascendance
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Deceased Cardinals (back)
opd: CB, 28 Aug 2024

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