Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Liège

Titular Bishop of Serrae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1878		Born	Vall-Meer
22 Sep 1900	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1924	46.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium
18 Dec 1924	46.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina
11 Feb 1925	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina
17 Jul 1927	49.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
7 Dec 1961	83.8	Retired	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
7 Dec 1961	83.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Serrae
31 Dec 1962	84.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium

a priest for 62.3 years
a bishop for 37.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goosens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †
Bishop Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †
Bishop René van Heusden, S.D.B. †
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Archbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †

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