Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu

Titular Bishop of Tadamata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Oct 1900		Born	Anvers
29 Jun 1926	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
14 Dec 1944	44.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Dec 1944	44.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
4 Mar 1945	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
10 Jan 1952	51.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Nov 1959	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr 1963	62.4	Resigned	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr 1963	62.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tadamata
8 Jan 1968	67.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 22.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen (Matthysen), M. Afr. †
Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † (1945)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Danilo Catarzi, S.X. †

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