Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Capsa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1858		Born
3 Jun 1882	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
1 Jan 1910	51.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania
1 Jan 1910	51.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsa
20 Jan 1910	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capsa
12 Dec 1912	54.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania
15 Jan 1915	56.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
12 Nov 1928	70.6	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
6 Apr 1950	92.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens
(WikiData: Q11220154)
Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens M. Afr. (born 22 Mar 1858, died 6 Apr 1950) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza

Event Place
Birth Place ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

a priest for 67.8 years
a bishop for 40.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Wilhelmus van de Ven †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustinus Josephus Callier †
Bishop of Haarlem
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns †
Bishop of Roermond

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelmus van de Ven † (1892)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † (1929)
Bishop Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † (1929)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. † (1918)
Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. † (1922)

Event	Place
Birth Place	’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 111
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1910, Number 3

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