Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem

Titular Bishop of Voncaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1877		Born	Oberhaslach, France
28 Oct 1903	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
24 Mar 1924	46.6	Appointed	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa
8 Apr 1935	57.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
8 Apr 1935	57.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa
30 May 1935	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
12 Feb 1948	70.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa
9 Dec 1948	71.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa
22 May 1950	72.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

a priest for 46.6 years
a bishop for 15.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard (Giordano) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. †
Bishop Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † (1935)
Archbishop Bernard (Giordano) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1935, Number 39

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