Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle †

Deceased

Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1789		Born
21 Jun 1812	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1 Feb 1836	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
13 Mar 1836	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
15 Aug 1865	76.1	Died	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle
Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle
(born 4 Jul 1789, died 15 Aug 1865)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Event Place
Birth Place Charneux, Diocese of Liège
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}
Death Place Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}

a priest for 53.1 years
a bishop for 29.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Charles-François-Joseph Pisani de La Gaude †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Engelbert Sterckx †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Gaspard-Joseph Labis †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Engelbert Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nikolaus Adames † (1863)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Theodor Laurent † (1839)
Bishop Théodore Alexis Joseph de Montpellier † (1852)
Bishop Jean-Jacques Nanquette † (1855)
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Archbishop Auguste Van Heule, S.J. † (1864)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2108405

Source(s):

b: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 275
ob/c2+: Google Books
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1836, Number 9

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