Bishop Augustine Van de Vyver †

Deceased

Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

Motto: Monstra Te Esse Matrem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1844		Born
24 Jul 1870	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
16 Jul 1889	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
20 Oct 1889	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
16 Oct 1911	66.8	Died	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

MicroData Summary
Augustine Van de Vyver
Bishop Augustine Van de Vyver
(born 1 Dec 1844, died 16 Oct 1911)
Bishop of Richmond

Event Place
Birth Place Haasdonk, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Apostolic Nuncio, Chapel, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Buried Place (Original) Mount Calvary, Cemetery, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia

a priest for 41.2 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giacomo Cattani †
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Kain †
Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia
Bishop Leo Michael Haid (Hite), O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Messene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 11049855
WikiData: Q16043835

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 482
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1889, Number 51
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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