Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu

Titular Bishop of Tigava

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Oct 1888		Born	Bastogne, Belgium
10 Aug 1913	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 Jun 1937	48.6	Appointed	Prefect of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Feb 1948	59.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigava
12 Feb 1948	59.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 May 1948	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tigava
May 1957	68.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Mar 1963	74.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 14.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †
Bishop Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. † (1948)
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)
Father Carlo 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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. †
Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. †

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