Jozef Cardinal De Kesel

Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1947		Born
26 Aug 1972	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
20 Mar 2002	54.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
20 Mar 2002	54.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulna
26 May 2002	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulna
25 Jun 2010	63.0	Appointed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
10 Jul 2010	63.0	Installed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
6 Nov 2015	68.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
6 Nov 2015	68.3	Appointed	Bishop of Belgium, Military
12 Dec 2015	68.4	Installed	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27 Apr 2016	68.8	Installed	Bishop of Belgium, Military
19 Nov 2016	69.4	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	69.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
25 Mar 2017	69.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
22 Jun 2023	76.0	Retired	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
22 Jun 2023	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Belgium, Military

MicroData Summary for Jozef De Kesel
(VIAF: 173066137; WikiData: Q961225)
Jozef Cardinal De Kesel (born 17 Jun 1947) Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Ad Limina - May 2010: Bishop
Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †
Titular Bishop of Synaus
Principal Consecrator:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels †
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arthur Luysterman
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem
Titular Bishop of Unizibira

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1977)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
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 Lodewijk Aerts (2016)
Bishop Koenraad Vanhoutte (2018)
Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O. (2020)
Archbishop Luc Terlinden (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Gustaaf Cardinal Joos † (2003)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Jun 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Number 14,192
ab: Bollettino, 6 Nov 2015
i: CB, 6 Nov 2015
i: CB, 27 Apr 2016
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
i: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2017
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 22 Jun 2023

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