Bishop Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Matadi

Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1894		Born	Anvers
28 Dec 1919	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
14 Jun 1938	43.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Jun 1938	43.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Philae
1 Aug 1938	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Philae
10 Nov 1959	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Dec 1965	71.4	Resigned	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Dec 1965	71.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu
26 Mar 1973	78.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. † (1938)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †
Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 58

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