Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.

Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte

Titular Bishop of Utimma

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1938		Born	Rijswijk, Netherlands
2 Sep 1957	19.3	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
19 Mar 1964	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
9 Jul 1998	60.1	Appointed	Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
23 Jul 2009	71.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
23 Jul 2009	71.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Utimma
30 Aug 2009	71.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Utimma

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Nekemte.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Abraham Desta
Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. (2009)
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (1998)
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † (1973)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

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