Archbishop Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1914		Born
6 Aug 1939	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
21 Apr 1964	50.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Jun 1964	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Nov 1977	63.7	Resigned	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Aug 1978	64.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for Pierre Wijnants
(WikiData: Q3411847)
Archbishop Pierre Wijnants M.S.C. (born 8 Feb 1914, died 22 Aug 1978) Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Borlo, Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint Eugène, Cathedral, Coquilhatville, Archdiocese of Coquilhatville
Death Place Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

a priest for 39.0 years
a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Pedachtoë
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †
Bishop of Ikela
Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †
Bishop of Bikoro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Pedachtoë
Bishop Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Corone
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters † (1927)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Archbishop Jozef-Ernest 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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † (1969)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. † (1975)
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Borlo, Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint Eugène, Cathedral, Coquilhatville, Archdiocese of Coquilhatville
Death Place	Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 364, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 68

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