Bishop Franz Janssen, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Coeliana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1912		Born
23 Jul 1939	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
21 May 1959	46.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia
21 May 1959	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coeliana
31 Jul 1959	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coeliana
4 Jul 1972	59.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia
18 Dec 1987	75.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Franz Janssen
Bishop Franz Janssen C.M.
(born 12 Sep 1912, died 18 Dec 1987)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma

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

Event Place
Birth Place Boschkapele, Diocese of Breda, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Mission House, Panningen, Diocese of Breda, Netherlands

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †
Bishop of Roermond
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †
Bishop of Breda
Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †
Titular Bishop of Thasus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pieter Jan Antoon Moors † (1959)
Bishop of Roermond
Archbishop Bernardus Johannes Alfrink † (1951)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
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 José Freire de Oliveira Neto † (1974)
Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q4683563

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 71

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