Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Titular Bishop of Synaus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1903		Born	Adegem
18 Apr 1927	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Dec 1960	57.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Dec 1960	57.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Synaus
24 Feb 1961	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Synaus
13 Jul 1990	86.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
3 Aug 2001	97.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

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Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
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a priest for 74.3 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † (1961)
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert † (1948)
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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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:
Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. †

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