Bishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Apr 1926		Born
3 Jun 1950	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
28 Oct 1961	35.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
28 Oct 1961	35.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aëtus
27 Dec 1961	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aëtus
11 Oct 1966	40.5	Appointed	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
1 Mar 1984	57.8	Resigned	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
8 Aug 2013	87.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

MicroData Summary for Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen)
(VIAF: 216277300; WikiData: Q1697276)
Bishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) (born 10 Apr 1926, died 8 Aug 2013) Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

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Event Place
Birth Place Nijmegen, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Ordained Priest Sint Jan Evangelist, Cathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Ordained Bishop Sint Jan Evangelist, Cathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

a priest for 63.1 years
a bishop for 51.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pieter Antoon Nierman †
Bishop of Groningen
Bishop Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †
Bishop of Roermond

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers † (1957)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † (1942)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Archbishop Johannes de Jong † (1935)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Bishop of Breda
Archbishop Hendrik (Henricus) van de Wetering † (1895)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (1979)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst † (1967)
Bishop Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller † (1969)
Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis † (1971)
Bishop Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans † (1982)
Bishop Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (1998)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nijmegen, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Ordained Priest	Sint Jan Evangelist, Cathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Ordained Bishop	Sint Jan Evangelist, Cathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: CB, 8 Aug 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 163
c1: CB, 16 Jul 2024

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