Bishop Wilhlemus Delvaux †

Deceased

Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jul 1681³		Born
19 Dec 1705	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
3 Apr 1706	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Aug 1730	49.0	Selected	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
31 Mar 1732	50.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
25 May 1732	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
12 Oct 1761	80.2	Died	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Wilhlemus Delvaux
Bishop Wilhlemus Delvaux
(born 22 Jul 1681, died 12 Oct 1761)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)

Event Place
Birth Place Bléhen

a priest for 55.5 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Philip Wallrad Cardinal d’Hénin-Létard d’Alsace-Boussut de Chimay †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jan-Baptist de Smet †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Charles d’Espinoza, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Philip Wallrad Cardinal d’Hénin-Létard d’Alsace-Boussut de Chimay † (1716)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Giorgio Spínola † (1711)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Joseph Anselme François Werbrouck † (1743)
Bishop Henri-Gabriel van Gameren † (1759)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Godefroid de Berlo de Franc-Douaire † (1741)
Bishop Maximiliaan-Antoon van der Noot † (1743)
Bishop Jan-Robert Caïmo † (1754)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16640504

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1734
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 447
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1732, Number 17

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