Victor-Auguste-Isidore Cardinal Dechamps, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1810		Born	Melle
20 Dec 1834	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jun 1836	25.5	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
25 Sep 1865	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1 Oct 1865	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Dec 1867	57.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
15 Mar 1875	64.3	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Mar 1875	64.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
29 Sep 1883	72.8	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - March 1875: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1878: Participated

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 18.0 years
a cardinal for 8.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Victor-Auguste-Isidore Cardinal Dechamps, C.SS.R. † (1865)
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach † (1836)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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:
Bishop Théodore-Joseph Gravez †
Bishop Carlo Andrea Anthonis †
Archbishop Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †
Bishop Isidore-Joseph du Rousseaux †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 374, and Page 400
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 47

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