Bishop Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Possala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1875		Born
23 Sep 1894	19.6	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
24 Aug 1909	34.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1912	37.0	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
28 Mar 1928	53.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Mar 1928	53.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Possala
9 Sep 1928	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Possala
20 Feb 1936	61.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Mar 1960	85.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Sylvain van Hee
Bishop Sylvain van Hee S.J.
(born 25 Jan 1875, died 26 Mar 1960)
Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango

Event Place
Birth Place Mouscron, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint Michel College, Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Death Place Woluwé, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 31.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Tymbrias
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive †
Titular Bishop of Parnassus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mouscron, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint Michel College, Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Death Place	Woluwé, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 93089
WikiData: Q64733401

Source(s):

ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 60
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 6, Column 473, to Column 474

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