Archbishop John Aelen, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Madras

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1854		Born	Waspik, Netherlands
21 Dec 1878	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
2 Dec 1901	46.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India
2 Dec 1901	46.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Themisonium
2 Feb 1902	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Themisonium
21 Jul 1902	47.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madras, India
13 Feb 1911	56.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Madras, India
28 Feb 1928	73.2	Retired	Archbishop of Madras, India
28 Feb 1928	73.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
11 Feb 1929	74.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras, India

a priest for 50.1 years
a bishop for 27.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Petrus Leyten †
Bishop of Breda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelmus van de Ven †
Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns †
Bishop of Roermond

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Petrus Leyten † (1885)
Bishop of Breda
Archbishop Pieter Mathijs 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 Wijckerslooth 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)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 358, and Page 547
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1902, Number 9

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