Bishop Guilielmus (Willem) Bassery †

Deceased

Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1642		Born
16 Dec 1681	39.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
13 Nov 1690	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
7 Jan 1691	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
18 Jun 1706	63.7	Died	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Guilielmus (Willem) Bassery
Bishop Guilielmus (Willem) Bassery
(born 29 Sep 1642, died 18 Jun 1706)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Event Place
Birth Place Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a bishop for 15.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Réginald Cools, O.P. †
Bishop of Roermond
Bishop Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem †
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano † (1683)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes † (1671)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (1654)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Archbishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (1635)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard de Vera † (1698)
Orazio Filippo Cardinal Spada † (1698)
Bishop Angelus d’Ongnies et d’Estrées, O.F.M. Cap. † (1702)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 299556104
WikiData: Q1872300

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 128, and Page 131
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1691, Number 1

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