Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Sakania

Titular Bishop of Scilium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1875		Born	Hechtel, Belgium
23 Sep 1899	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
14 Jul 1924	49.5	Appointed	Prefect of Luapula Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Nov 1939	64.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scilium
14 Nov 1939	64.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Apr 1940	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scilium
15 Mar 1946	71.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 5.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † (1940)
Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. † (1934)
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goosens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829)
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondenard † (1828)
Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719)
Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †

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