Bishop Auguste Declercq, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore

Titular Bishop of Thignica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Apr 1870		Born	Avecapelle, Belgium
16 Jul 1893	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
24 Aug 1918	48.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Aug 1918	48.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thignica
12 Jan 1919	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thignica
29 Oct 1938	68.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Nov 1939	69.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 20.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop Eugenio van Rechem †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Auguste Declercq, C.I.C.M. † (1919)
Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. †

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