Bishop François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1908		Born
2 Aug 1931	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
11 Mar 1948	40.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Mar 1948	40.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tadamata
29 Jun 1948	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tadamata
10 Nov 1959	51.7	Appointed	Bishop of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Feb 1976	68.0	Died	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
François-Odon De Wilde
Bishop François-Odon De Wilde O.P.
(born 28 Jan 1908, died 19 Feb 1976)
Bishop of Isiro-Niangara

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Wetteren, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Dominican, Church, Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

a priest for 44.5 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Tricca
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Trivandrum
Bishop Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Semta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † (1925)
Titular Bishop of Tricca
Désiré Felicien 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 of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † (1962)
Bishop Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. † (1968)
Bishop Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. † (1971)
Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe † (1972)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q60056862

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 78
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 693

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