Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Scilium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1875		Born
1895²	19.9	Entered	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
8 Nov 1896	21.8	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
23 Sep 1899	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
14 Jul 1924	49.4	Appointed	Prefect of Luapula Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Nov 1939	64.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scilium
14 Nov 1939	64.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Apr 1940	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scilium
15 Mar 1946	71.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph Sak
(WikiData: Q1523873)
Bishop Joseph Sak S.D.B. (born 16 Jan 1875, died 15 Mar 1946) Vicar Apostolic of Sakania

Event Place
Birth Place Hechtel, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Priest Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Sacré Cœur, Church, Kafubu
Death Place Elisabethville

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 5.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Ceramus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Milevum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. † (1934)
Titular Bishop of Ceramus
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
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	Hechtel, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Sacré Cœur, Church, Kafubu
Death Place	Elisabethville

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 16
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 5, Column 726, to Column 729

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