Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1906		Born
25 May 1929	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Haarlem, Netherlands
19 Jun 1952	46.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jun 1952	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Legia
11 Oct 1952	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Legia
10 Nov 1959	53.7	Appointed	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Nov 1974	68.7	Resigned	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Apr 1989	83.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Willem van Kester
Bishop Willem van Kester M.H.M.
(born 1 Feb 1906, died 7 Apr 1989)
Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kwintsheul, Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Poeldijk, Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands

a priest for 59.8 years
a bishop for 36.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers †
Bishop of Haarlem
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Thinis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers † (1936)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
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	Kwintsheul, Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Poeldijk, Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11395419

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 91

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