Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jul 1908		Born
1928²	19.4	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1931²	22.4	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
30 Oct 1932	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
15 May 1952	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Indore, India
6 Aug 1952	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Indore, India
26 Jun 1971	62.9	Resigned	Bishop of Indore, India
28 Jan 2002	93.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Frans Simons
(VIAF: 110826977; WikiData: Q1445469)
Bishop Frans Simons S.V.D. (born 30 Jul 1908, died 28 Jan 2002) Bishop Emeritus of Indore

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 Tegelen, Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Sint Martin, Church, Tegelen, Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands
Death Place Teteringen, Diocese of Breda, Netherlands

a priest for 69.2 years
a bishop for 49.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †
Bishop of Roermond
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia
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

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 68
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 103

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