Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore

Titular Bishop of Thignica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Apr 1870		Born	Avecapelle-lez-Furnes, 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.)
28 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 †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †
Titular Bishop of Carpasia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Antonio Vico † (1898)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. † (1937)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
op/ob: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1919, Number 4