Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Indore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jul 1908		Born	Tegelen
30 Oct 1932	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
15 May 1952	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Indore, India
6 Aug 1952	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Indore, India
26 Jun 1971	62.9	Resigned	Bishop of Indore, India
28 Jan 2002	93.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

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 69.2 years
a bishop for 49.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D. † (1952)
Archbishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens † (1932)
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1952, Number 68

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