Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu

Titular Bishop of Bargala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1874		Born	Sneck, Netherlands
23 Sep 1899	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
2 Dec 1925	51.4	Appointed	Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya
27 May 1932	57.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
11 Jul 1933	59.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bargala
7 Nov 1933	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bargala
20 Jun 1935	61.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

a priest for 35.7 years
a bishop for 1.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †
Archbishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † (1933)
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Assisted:
Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C. †

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