Bishop Denis Stoffels (Christophori) †

Deceased

Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1575¹		Born
24 Jan 1599	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1622	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
25 May 1623	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
6 Jul 1629	54.5	Died	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Denis Stoffels (Christophori)
Bishop Denis Stoffels (Christophori)
(born 1575, died 6 Jul 1629)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Event Place
Birth Place Antwerpen

a priest for 30.4 years
a bishop for 6.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jacques Boonen †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Antoine de Hennin †
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)

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 Georges Chamberlain † (1628)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 221184631
WikiData: Q2190107

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 122
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1623, Number 22

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