Bishop Luc Julian Matthys †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1935		Born
2 Dec 1961	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa
1976	40.6	Incardinated	Priest of Melbourne, Australia
17 Mar 1999	63.8	Appointed	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
14 May 1999	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
7 Dec 2011	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
26 Jan 2021	85.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia

MicroData Summary
Luc Julian Matthys
Bishop Luc Julian Matthys
(born 3 May 1935, died 26 Jan 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Armidale

Ad Limina - March 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Drongen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary and Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Armidale, Diocese of Armidale
Death Place Tamworth, N.S.W.

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Boyle †
Bishop of Johannesburg
Principal Consecrator:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Canalini
Titular Archbishop of Valeria
Bishop Kevin Michael Manning †
Bishop of Parramatta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy † (1974)
Archbishop of Sydney
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman † (1957)
Archbishop of Sydney
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Michael Robert Kennedy (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna (2002)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q264005

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
r: CB, 7 Dec 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,553
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 26 Jan 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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