Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Milevum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1876		Born
5 Dec 1895	18.9	Entered	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Mar 1897	20.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
11 Aug 1901	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
6 Aug 1910	33.6	Appointed	Prefect of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Mar 1932	55.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Milevum
15 Mar 1932	55.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jul 1932	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Milevum
6 Feb 1958	81.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for Jean-Félix de Hemptinne
(VIAF: 88953565; WikiData: Q3092647)
Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne O.S.B. (born 8 Dec 1876, died 6 Feb 1958) Vicar Apostolic of Katanga

Event Place
Birth Place Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint-André, Abbey, Saint-André-lès-Bruges
Death Place Elisabethville

a priest for 56.4 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henricus Lamiroy †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †
Titular Bishop of Carpasia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henricus Lamiroy † (1929)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. † (1934)
Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † (1940)
Bishop Antonio Ildefonso dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. † (1942)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint-André, Abbey, Saint-André-lès-Bruges
Death Place	Elisabethville

Source(s):

b: Die Apostolische Nachfolge
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 45
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 7, Column 291, to Column 299

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