Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert †

Deceased

Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Oct 1893		Born	Deinze
23 Apr 1922	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Jan 1948	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
8 Mar 1948	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Dec 1963	70.2	Died	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

a priest for 41.7 years
a bishop for 15.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert † (1948)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †
Bishop Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R. †

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