Bishop François Hoenen, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1919		Born
1941²	21.1	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1948²	28.1	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 Aug 1948	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
6 Jul 1963	43.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Oct 1963	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	54.4	Resigned	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Dec 1997	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
François Hoenen
Bishop François Hoenen S.V.D.
(born 1 Nov 1919, died 21 Dec 1997)
Bishop Emeritus of Kenge

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

Event Place
Birth Place Rocherath, Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Sieburg, Germany

a priest for 49.3 years
a bishop for 34.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15810231

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 49
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 108

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