Bishop Luc Julian Matthys

Bishop Emeritus of Armidale

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1935		Born	Drongen, Belgium
2 Dec 1961	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa
1976	40.7	Incardinated	Priest of Melbourne, Australia
17 Mar 1999	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
14 May 1999	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
7 Dec 2011	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Armidale, Australia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Armidale.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Boyle †
Principal Consecrator:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Canalini
Bishop Kevin Michael Manning

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luc Julian Matthys (1999)
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy (1974)
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman † (1957)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna

Source(s):

r: CB, 7 Dec 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,553

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