Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1910		Born
15 Jul 1933	23.1	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
15 Jun 1935	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
21 Feb 1954	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Keta, Ghana
1 May 1954	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keta, Ghana
10 Apr 1976	65.9	Resigned	Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana
11 May 1991	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana

MicroData Summary
Antoon Konings
Bishop Antoon Konings S.M.A.
(born 3 May 1910, died 11 May 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho

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 Posterholt, Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Posterholt, Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands
Death Place Cadier en Keer, Netherlands

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 37.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †
Bishop of Roermond
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Ionopolis
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †
Titular Bishop of Birtha

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens † (1932)
Bishop of Roermond
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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):

WikiData: Q64681487

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 21
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ente: MW, 22 Oct 2019
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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