Bishop Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Ranchi, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Apr 1870		Born
23 Sep 1889	19.4	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
4 Oct 1903	33.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1908	37.7	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
20 Jul 1920	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Patna, India
6 Mar 1921	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Patna, India
15 Feb 1928	57.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ranchi, India
30 Jun 1928	58.2	Installed	Bishop of Ranchi, India
30 Apr 1933	63.0	Died	Bishop of Ranchi, India

MicroData Summary
Louis Van Hoeck
Bishop Louis Van Hoeck S.J.
(born 17 Apr 1870, died 30 Apr 1933)
Bishop of Ranchi

Event Place
Birth Place Antwerpen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Priest Kurseong, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Ordained Bishop Ranchi, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Death Place Ranchi, Diocese of Ranchi

a priest for 29.5 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J. †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. †
Bishop of Krishnagar
Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J. † (1902)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1893)
Bishop of Lahore
Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. † (1891)
Archbishop of Agra
Archbishop Andrea Aiuti † (1887)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Archbishop George Porter, S.J. † (1887)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Antonio Agliardi † (1884)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Nicolas Kujur, S.J. † (1930)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. † (1927)
Bishop Bernard James Sullivan, S.J. † (1929)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Antwerpen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Kurseong, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Ordained Bishop	Ranchi, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Death Place	Ranchi, Diocese of Ranchi

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 65096
WikiData: Q18649376

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1934
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 15
op/loc: CB, 2 Jan 2025

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