Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Oct 1960		Born
13 Jun 1992	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands
10 Oct 2018	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
8 Dec 2018	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
10 Aug 2023	62.8	Resigned	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
20 Dec 2023	63.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

MicroData Summary for Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets
(VIAF: 309885428; WikiData: Q57198879)
Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets (born 22 Oct 1960, died 20 Dec 2023) Bishop Emeritus of Roermond

Event Place
Birth Place Heerlen, Diocese of Roermond
Ordained Bishop Saint Christophe, Cathedral, Roermond, Diocese of Roermond
Death Place Roermond, Diocese of Roermond

a priest for 31.5 years
a bishop for 5.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende
Bishop of Rotterdam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz
Bishop Emeritus of Roermond
Bishop Everardus Johannes de Jong
Titular Bishop of Cariana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende (2006)
Bishop of Rotterdam
Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens † (1994)
Bishop of Breda
Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst † (1967)
Bishop Emeritus of Breda
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink † (1951)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Heerlen, Diocese of Roermond
Ordained Bishop	Saint Christophe, Cathedral, Roermond, Diocese of Roermond
Death Place	Roermond, Diocese of Roermond

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Oct 2018
ob/bd: CB, 10 Oct 2018
c2+: CB, 18 Oct 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Number 19,950
r: Bollettino, 10 Aug 2023
d: CB, 20 Dec 2023

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