Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Vescera

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1885		Born
17 Jul 1910	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
27 Jan 1936	50.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jan 1936	50.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vescera
26 Jul 1937	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vescera
29 Oct 1938	53.3	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Dec 1947³	62.4	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jul 1969	84.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol
Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol C.I.C.M.
(born 8 Jun 1885, died 2 Jul 1969)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore

Event Place
Birth Place Winnezeele, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop Kabwe
Death Place Turnhout

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Thignica
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. † (1937)
Bishop Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi † (1959)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64762404

Source(s):

b: JPG
c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 49

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