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Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Events

a priest for 55.1 years a bishop for 22.6 years a cardinal for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges} Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux † Bishop of Liège Bishop Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth † Titular Bishop of Erythrum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864) Bishop of Brugge {Bruges} Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832) Archbishop of Mechelen Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829) Bishop of Liège Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828) Bishop of Namur {Namen} Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824) Bishop of Trier Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795) Titular Bishop of Ierichus Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719) Titular Bishop of Pergamum Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690) Bishop of Konstanz {Constance} Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman † Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Hendrik-Karel Lambrecht † (1886) Bishop Antoine Stillemans † (1890) Archbishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † (1890) Bishop Jean-Baptiste Decrolière † (1892) Bishop Giuseppe van Reeth, S.J. † (1895) Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895) Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. † (1896) Bishop François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † (1897) Bishop Jerome Van Aertselaer, C.I.C.M. † (1898) Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. † (1899) Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902) Bishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R. † (1902) Bishop Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1905)