Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1832		Born	Courtrai, Belgium
31 Oct 1852	20.0	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
11 Sep 1862	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
3 Dec 1877	45.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
3 Dec 1877	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Evaria
3 Feb 1878	45.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
24 Feb 1878	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
25 Sep 1886	53.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
6 Mar 1887	54.3	Installed	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
4 Jul 1901	68.6	Died	Archbishop of Calcutta, India

a priest for 38.8 years a bishop for 23.4 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Johan Joseph Faict †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (1878) Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864) Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832) Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †