Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1895		Born	Bruxelles
25 Aug 1926	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
24 Jul 1949	54.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jul 1949	54.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
21 Aug 1949	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
Dec 1954	59.7	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Jun 1973	78.2	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 23.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri van Schingen, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †
Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. † (1949)
Bishop Henri van Schingen, S.J. † (1937)
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † (1931)
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 †

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