Bishop Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1877		Born
23 Sep 1899	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
21 May 1915	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
15 Aug 1915	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Aug 1946	69.3	Died	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

MicroData Summary
Damian Johannes Theelen
Bishop Damian Johannes Theelen C.P.
(born 4 Apr 1877, died 6 Aug 1946)
Bishop of Nicopoli

Event Place
Birth Place Beesel

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. †
Archbishop of Camerino
Archbishop Henri Doulcet, C.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ivan Romanov (Romanoff) † (1942)
Bishop Ivan Dimitrov Garufalov, C. R. † (1942)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 304970409
WikiData: Q9201054

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1947
c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 50

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