Bishop Henri Laurent Janssens, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Bethsaida

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jul 1855		Born
28 Dec 1877	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Sep 1881	26.1	Professed	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
13 Jun 1921	65.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida
19 Jun 1921	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida
17 Jul 1925	70.0	Died	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida

MicroData Summary
Henri Laurent Janssens
Bishop Henri Laurent Janssens O.S.B.
(born 2 Jul 1855, died 17 Jul 1925)
Titular Bishop of Bethsaida

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Nicolas de Waes, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop San Anselmo, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 4.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno)
Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †
Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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):

Vatican Library: 495/15594
VIAF: 20712952
WikiData: Q64745759

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 43
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 85

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