Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Salamis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1882		Born
22 Dec 1906	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
23 Mar 1931	48.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Salamis
23 Mar 1931	48.2	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to East Indies
26 Apr 1931	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Salamis
1 Jul 1948	65.5	Appointed	Apostolic Internuncio to India
29 Jun 1952	69.5	Resigned	Apostolic Internuncio to India
7 Nov 1957	74.9	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

MicroData Summary
Leo Peter Kierkels
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels C.P.
(born 12 Dec 1882, died 7 Nov 1957)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Baexem, Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 50.8 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Pisani †
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †
Bishop of Oppido Mamertina

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes † (1931)
Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. † (1931)
Bishop Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † (1932)
Archbishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † (1936)
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † (1936)
Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. † (1936)
Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † (1938)
Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P. † (1941)
Bishop Ignatius Mummadi † (1943)
Bishop George Alapatt † (1944)
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Bishop Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. † (1947)
Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond † (1947)
Bishop Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. † (1948)
Bishop Leo D’Mello † (1949)
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89107582
WikiData: Q2370722

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1931, Number 18
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 149
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 680, Ascendance

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