Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baudouinville

Titular Bishop of Girba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1858		Born	Ardoye, Belgium
8 Sep 1884	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
30 Mar 1895	36.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Mar 1895	36.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Girba
10 May 1896	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Girba
22 Sep 1941	83.2	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Aug 1947	89.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 63.0 years
a bishop for 51.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Pacandus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829)
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (1912)

Source(s):

op/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 286

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