Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Oct 1909		Born	Opwijk
29 Sep 1933	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 May 1950	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
16 May 1950	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elusa
29 Jun 1950	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Elusa
31 Jul 1952	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
15 Dec 1984	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
1 Oct 1995	85.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 45.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt † (1950)
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 † (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 †

Ordained Priest:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels
Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugeen Laridon †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †
Joseph-Léon Cardinal Cardijn †
Bishop Pierre Samain †
Bishop Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †
Archbishop Josip Žabkar †
Archbishop Joseph Mees †
Bishop Jean Huard †
Godfried Cardinal Danneels
Bishop Paul Lanneau
Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem
Bishop Roger Joseph Vangheluwe

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