Bishop Michel Thomas Verhoeks, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Mar 1893		Born
27 Apr 1919	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
22 Oct 1937	44.5	Appointed	Prefect of Surabaia, Indonesia
16 Oct 1941	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina
16 Oct 1941	48.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia
8 May 1942	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina
8 May 1952	59.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia

MicroData Summary
Michel Thomas Verhoeks
Bishop Michel Thomas Verhoeks C.M.
(born 29 Mar 1893, died 8 May 1952)
Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia

Event Place
Birth Place Velddriel, Netherlands

a priest for 33.0 years
a bishop for 10.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Danaba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †
Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia
Assisted by:
Father Jacob Jan Kusters, M.S.F. †
Prefect of Bandjarmasin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. † (1940)
Titular Bishop of Danaba
Bishop Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. † (1934)
Titular Bishop of Zorava
Bishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Apollonia
Bishop Arnold Frans Diepen † (1915)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Archbishop Hendrik (Henricus) van de Wetering † (1895)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q12498484

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 21

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