Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga

Titular Bishop of Milevum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1876		Born	Gand, Belgium
21 Mar 1897	20.3	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
2 Aug 1901	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
6 Aug 1910	33.6	Appointed	Prefect of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar 1932	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Milevum
25 Mar 1932	55.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jul 1932	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Milevum
6 Feb 1958	81.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henricus Lamiroy †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †
Bishop Eugenio van Rechem †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. † (1932)
Bishop Henricus Lamiroy † (1929)
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †
Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †
Bishop Antonio Ildefonso dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. †

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