Archbishop Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1917		Born
9 Aug 1942	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
6 Mar 1980	62.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
11 May 1980	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
16 Aug 1989	71.9	Died	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Albert-Leo Bundervoet
Archbishop Albert-Leo Bundervoet M.S.C.
(born 7 Sep 1917, died 16 Aug 1989)
Archbishop of Rabaul

Event Place
Birth Place Evergem, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop St. Christophe, Church, Evergem, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

a priest for 47.0 years
a bishop for 9.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. †
Bishop Emeritus of Kaolack
Bishop Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †
Bishop of Manado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léonce Albert Van Peteghem † (1964)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal 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 Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. † (1988)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/346016
VIAF: 534159474048527660931
WikiData: Q47459959

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1989, Page 520
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 62, Number 4,801

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