Bishop Theophile Meerschaert †

Deceased

Bishop of Oklahoma

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1847		Born	Russignies, Belgium
23 Dec 1871	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Jun 1891	43.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA
2 Jun 1891	43.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
8 Sep 1891	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
23 Aug 1905	58.0	Appointed	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA
21 Feb 1924	76.5	Died	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald †
Bishop Thomas Heslin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Theophile Meerschaert † (1891)
Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens † (1881)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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:
Archbishop Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar †
Archbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M. †
Bishop Ferdinand Brossart †
Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †
Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †

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