Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu

Titular Bishop of Lagania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1894		Born	Melsbroeck, Belgium
15 Jul 1922	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Jan 1952	57.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lagania
17 Jan 1952	57.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar 1952	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lagania
8 Mar 1957	62.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Feb 1971	76.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 18.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † (1952)
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)
Carlo Cardinal 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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †

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