Bishop Joseph Willy Romélus

Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1931		Born	Arniquet
13 Jul 1958	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Les Cayes, Haïti
26 Apr 1977	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
26 Jun 1977	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
6 Aug 2009	78.6	Retired	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jérémie.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Conti
Bishop Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Willy Romélus (1977)
Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé (1966)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François Colímon, S.M.M.
Bishop Jean Alix Verrier
Archbishop Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2009

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