Bishop Gerardus Henricus De Vet †

Deceased

Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1917		Born
19 Jun 1943	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Breda, Netherlands
22 Mar 1962	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
13 May 1962	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
27 Mar 1967	49.3	Died	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

MicroData Summary
Gerardus Henricus De Vet
Bishop Gerardus Henricus De Vet
(born 15 Nov 1917, died 27 Mar 1967)
Bishop of Breda

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gilze, Diocese of Breda
Ordained Bishop Sainte Barbara, Cathedral, Breda, Diocese of Breda

a priest for 23.7 years
a bishop for 4.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop Martien Antoon Jansen †
Bishop of Rotterdam

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Bishop of Breda
Archbishop Hendrik (Henricus) van de Wetering † (1895)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
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:
Bishop Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.Ss.R. † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. † (1964)
Bishop Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel † (1965)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 280524705
WikiData: Q2178281

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 54

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