Bishop Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Cissita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1903		Born
30 Oct 1927	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
6 Jan 1954	50.5	Appointed	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa
6 Jan 1954	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cissita
1 May 1954	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cissita
29 Nov 1974	71.4	Resigned	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa
20 Apr 1976	72.8	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Francis Clement Van Hoeck
Bishop Francis Clement Van Hoeck O.S.B.
(born 28 Jun 1903, died 20 Apr 1976)
Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg

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 Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Church, Pietersburg, Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg
Death Place Church, Pietersburg, Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Tingis
Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Eshowe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64763624

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 20

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