Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1898		Born	Gullegem, Belgium
23 Sep 1923	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
13 Nov 1958	60.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Nov 1958	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
5 Apr 1959	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
10 Nov 1959	61.8	Appointed	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Aug 1967	69.5	Resigned	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Aug 1967	69.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
14 Sep 1976	78.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
14 Jun 1983	85.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 59.7 years
a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † (1959)
Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † (1943)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo 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:
Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando
Bishop Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. †

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