Bishop François Hoenen, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kenge

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1919		Born	Rocherath, Belgium
8 Aug 1948	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
6 Jul 1963	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Oct 1963	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	54.5	Resigned	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Dec 1997	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Hoenen, S.V.D. † (1963)
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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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