Bishop Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

Titular Bishop of Abdera

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1840		Born
19 Dec 1863	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
1868²	27.6	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
11 Dec 1883	43.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
11 Dec 1883	43.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abdera
18 May 1884	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abdera
21 Jul 1888	48.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alphonse de Voss (Vos)
Bishop Alphonse de Voss (Vos) C.I.C.M.
(born 21 Apr 1840, died 21 Jul 1888)
Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Mesen, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Siwantze
Death Place San-tao-ho

a priest for 24.5 years
a bishop for 4.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Adrasus
Assisted by:
Father Joseph Wilrijcx, C.I.C.M.
Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Father Martin Guisset, C.I.C.M. †
Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. † (1875)
Titular Bishop of Adrasus
Bishop Luigi Carlo Antonio Moccagatta, O.F.M. Obs. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. † (1884)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11071766

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 69
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1884, Number 26
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020

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