Bishop Edouard Louis Antoine Leys, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Uzalis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jul 1889		Born
27 Jun 1914	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
19 Dec 1929	40.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Dec 1929	40.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
21 Apr 1930	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
Aug 1944³	55.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Aug 1945	56.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Edouard Louis Antoine Leys
Bishop Edouard Louis Antoine Leys M. Afr.
(born 5 Jul 1889, died 10 Aug 1945)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu

Event Place
Birth Place Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint-Sauveur, Cathedral, Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Death Place Bukavu

a priest for 31.1 years
a bishop for 15.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †
Titular Bishop of Carpasia
Bishop Henricus Lamiroy †
Titular Bishop of Lamus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Sauveur, Cathedral, Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Death Place	Bukavu

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16027552

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1946
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 18

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