Bishop Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1924		Born
8 Sep 1944	20.1	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Feb 1950	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
9 Nov 1965	41.2	Appointed	Prefect of Western Transvaal, South Africa
27 Feb 1978	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa
14 May 1978	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa
26 Mar 1994	69.6	Resigned	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete
Bishop Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete O.M.I.
(born 31 Jul 1924)
Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Oostrozebeke, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Klerksdorp, Diocese of Klerksdorp

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Klerksdorp.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Francis Daniel
Archbishop of Pretoria
Bishop Hugh Boyle †
Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † (1972)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Bishop Alfredo Poledrini † (1965)
Titular Bishop of Vazari
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1159904

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 49, Number 3,377
prof: CB, 21 Apr 2026

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