Bishop Edouard Louis Antoine Leys, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu

Titular Bishop of Uzalis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jul 1889		Born	Bruges, Belgium
27 Jun 1914	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
19 Dec 1929	40.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Dec 1929	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
21 Apr 1930	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
Aug 1944³	55.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Aug 1945	56.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 31.1 years
a bishop for 15.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †
- Bishop Henricus Lamiroy †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edouard Louis Antoine Leys, M. Afr. † (1930)
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829)
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1946
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1930, Number 18