Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Girba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1858		Born
Sep 1880³	22.1	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
8 Sep 1884	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
30 Mar 1895	36.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Mar 1895	36.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Girba
10 May 1896	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Girba
22 Sep 1941	83.1	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Aug 1947	89.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Victor Roelens
(VIAF: 7071095; WikiData: Q7926297)
Bishop Victor Roelens M. Afr. (born 21 Jul 1858, died 25 Aug 1947) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baudouinville

Event Place
Birth Place Ardoye, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Cathage, Archdiocese of Carthage, Tunisia
Ordained Bishop White Fathers, Church, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Death Place Baudouinville, Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville

a priest for 62.9 years
a bishop for 51.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie †
Archbishop of Alger
Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Pacandus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (1912)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ardoye, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Cathage, Archdiocese of Carthage, Tunisia
Ordained Bishop	White Fathers, Church, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Death Place	Baudouinville, Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville

Source(s):

op/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 286
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1896, Number 20
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 6, Column 861, to Column 864

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