Bishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1897		Born	Sittard, Netherlands
19 Apr 1924	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
19 Dec 1933	36.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia}
19 Dec 1933	36.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
19 Mar 1934	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
25 Feb 1955	57.7	Appointed	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
29 Jun 1967	70.0	Resigned	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
29 Jun 1967	70.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista
18 Sep 1976	79.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista
27 Jan 1985	87.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 50.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † (1934)
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Archbishop Hendrik van de Wetering † (1895)
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Bottemanne † (1883)
Archbishop Pieter Mathijs Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Bishop Kaspar Max Freiherr Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus Herzog von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund Pfalzgraf am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang Reichsfreiherr von Bodman †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †
Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †
Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F. †
Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke

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