Bishop René van Heusden, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Sakania

Titular Bishop of Cariana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1888		Born	Beverst, Belgium
19 Sep 1919	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Feb 1947	58.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Feb 1947	58.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cariana
11 Jun 1947	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cariana
22 Mar 1958	69.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 38.5 years
a bishop for 10.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop René van Heusden, S.D.B. † (1947)
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829)
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1947, Number 53

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