Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein

Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1886		Born	Birkungen, Germany
9 Jul 1911	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Dec 1929	43.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}, South Africa
19 Dec 1929	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mina
19 Mar 1930	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mina
11 Jan 1951	64.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
25 Jun 1954	67.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
25 Jun 1954	67.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
21 Oct 1963	77.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †
Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. † (1930)
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) 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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmanuel Hanisch, M.H.M. †
Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †
Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. †
Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †
Bishop Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1930, Number 14

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