Archbishop Adriaan Smets †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Persia

Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1867		Born	Dommelen, Netherlands
24 Sep 1892	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jan 1922	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Persia
2 Aug 1922	54.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gangra
28 Oct 1922	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Gangra
1930²	62.3	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Persia
31 Jul 1947	79.9	Died	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Persia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 54.9 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †
- Archbishop Jules Tiberghien †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adriaan Smets † (1922)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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:
- Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1948
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1922, Number 66