Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen (Matthysen), M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop of Bunia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1890		Born	Hoogboom-Eeckeren, Belgium
8 Sep 1915	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
21 Jun 1922	31.6	Appointed	Prefect of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Dec 1933	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Berenice
11 Dec 1933	43.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Feb 1934	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Berenice
10 Nov 1959	69.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Aug 1963	72.7	Died	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 29.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Onorato Giuseppe Coppieters †
Bishop Joannes van Cauwenbergh †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen (Matthysen), M. Afr. † (1934)
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 Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †
Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †
Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †
Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †

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