Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1902		Born	Turnhout, Belgium
8 Sep 1928	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
25 Jun 1950	47.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jun 1950	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Acmonia
21 Sep 1950	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Acmonia
10 Nov 1959	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Mar 1971	68.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	71.4	Resigned	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct 1981	78.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 53.1 years
a bishop for 31.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen (Matthysen), M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † (1950)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †
Bishop Barthélémy Malunga †
Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa

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