Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo

Titular Bishop of Thois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Dec 1886		Born	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 Jun 1917	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
9 Jan 1930	43.1	Appointed	Prefect of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec 1937	51.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thois
2 Dec 1937	51.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Mar 1938	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thois
Oct 1954	67.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Aug 1962	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 45.2 years
a bishop for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. † (1938)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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