Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

Motto: Par Lui, Avec Lui Et En Lui

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Nov 1924		Born
6 Feb 1949	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
17 Mar 1986	61.3	Appointed	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
18 May 1986	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
9 May 2001	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
13 Oct 2026	101.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

MicroData Summary
Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau
Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau
(born 2 Nov 1924, died 13 Oct 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

Event Place
Birth Place Halle, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest Archbishop's Palace, Private Chapel, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)
Death Place Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

a priest for 77.6 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Consecrator:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels †
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)
Bishop Robert-Joseph Mathen †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen †
Bishop of Hasselt
Bishop Paul Van den Berghe
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}

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 Jan De Bie (1987)
Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens (1997)
Bishop Aloys Jousten † (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Halle, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest	Archbishop's Palace, Private Chapel, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop	St. Paul, Cathedral, Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)
Death Place	Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/27909
VIAF: 60595978
WikiData: Q739497

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 97, Number 8,347
opd/c1/loc: CB, 3 Sep 2024
d: CB, 13 Oct 2026
bpd: CB, 19 Oct 2026

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