Bishop Guy Harpigny

Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Apr 1948		Born
7 Jul 1973	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
22 May 2003	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
7 Sep 2003	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
6 Oct 2025	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Guy Harpigny
Bishop Guy Harpigny
(born 13 Apr 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}

Ad Limina - May 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Luttre
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels †
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Schruers †
Bishop of Hasselt
Bishop André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Warin (2004)
Julien Cardinal Ries † (2012)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Luttre
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/294663
VIAF: 3867772
WikiData: Q327355

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,451
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2025

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