Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luiza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Nov 1908		Born	Lokeren
15 Aug 1933	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
10 Mar 1949	40.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Mar 1949	40.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belali
17 May 1949	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belali
10 Nov 1959	51.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Sep 1967	58.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Oct 1970	61.8	Resigned	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Oct 1970	61.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis
17 May 1986	77.5	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis
1 Nov 1992	83.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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

a priest for 59.2 years
a bishop for 43.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † (1949)
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert † (1948)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. †
Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †
Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †
Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela †

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