Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

Titular Bishop of Serrae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1878		Born
22 Sep 1900	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liège, Belgium
18 Dec 1924	46.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
18 Dec 1924	46.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina
11 Feb 1925	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina
17 Jul 1927	49.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
7 Dec 1961	83.8	Retired	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
7 Dec 1961	83.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Serrae
31 Dec 1962	84.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

MicroData Summary
Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs
(born 15 Feb 1878, died 31 Dec 1962)
Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

Event Place
Birth Place Vall-Meer, Diocese of Liège
Ordained Bishop Saint=Paul, Cathedral, Liège, Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
Death Place Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 37.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten †
Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive †
Titular Bishop of Parnassus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. † (1934)
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. † (1934)
Archbishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. † (1937)
Bishop René van Heusden, S.D.B. † (1947)
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen † (1951)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † (1925)
Bishop Paul Justin Cawet † (1929)
Bishop Louis Delmotte † (1940)
Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue † (1942)
Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert † (1948)
Archbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. † (1953)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vall-Meer, Diocese of Liège
Ordained Bishop	Saint=Paul, Cathedral, Liège, Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
Death Place	Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/167966
VIAF: 23330120
WikiData: Q446569

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 8

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