Bishop Michael Ophovius, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1569¹		Born
13 Mar 1593	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Feb 1626	57.0	Selected	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
22 Jun 1626	57.4	Confirmed	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
27 Sep 1626	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
4 Nov 1637	68.8	Died	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael Ophovius
Bishop Michael Ophovius O.P.
(born 1569, died 4 Nov 1637)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

Event Place
Birth Place Bois-le-Duc

a priest for 44.6 years
a bishop for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jacques Boonen †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) †
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Paunet, O.F.M. Obs. † (1628)
Archbishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (1635)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/235680
VIAF: 14639915
WikiData: Q2117344

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 125
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1626, Number 24

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