Bishop Paul Schruers

Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1929		Born	Hasselt
8 Dec 1954	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hasselt, Belgium
25 Apr 1970	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium
25 Apr 1970	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Slebte
31 May 1970	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Slebte
12 Sep 1972	42.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium
15 Dec 1989	60.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium
25 Oct 2004	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Hasselt.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Bishop Jules Victor Daem †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Schruers (1970)
Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen † (1962)
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen † (1951)
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goosens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Philip Dickmans
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Philip Dickmans
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Aloysius Jousten
Bishop Guy Harpigny

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