Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bondo

Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1907		Born	Kinrooi, Belgium
1 Aug 1933	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
1 Jan 1955	47.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Jan 1955	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
11 Apr 1955	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
10 Nov 1959	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep 1970	63.5	Resigned	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep 1970	63.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores
23 Sep 1971	64.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 16.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C. † (1955)
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke †

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