Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr.

Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1948		Born
19 Jan 1979	31.0	Professed	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
7 Jul 1979	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
31 Dec 2008	60.9	Appointed	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
28 Mar 2009	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
14 Apr 2026	78.2	Retired	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Jan de Groef
Bishop Jan de Groef M. Afr.
(born 7 Jan 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Beigem, Belgium
Ordained Bishop John Paul II Diocesan Centre, Bethlehem, Diocese of Bethlehem

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bethlehem.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Patrick Green
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Bishop Hubert Bucher †
Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. (2002)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1247296

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Number 16,083
r: Bollettino, 14 Apr 2026

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