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Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Purwokerto, Indonesia

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Deventer, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Christ-Roi, Church, Purwokerto
Death Place	Arnhem

a priest for 49.3 years a bishop for 32.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Misthia Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Zorava Bishop Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (1933) Titular Archbishop of Misthia Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † (1910) Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. † (1891) Titular Bishop of Dausara Bishop Félix-Marie Biet, M.E.P. † (1878) Titular Bishop of Diana Bishop Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. † (1859) Titular Bishop of Polemonium Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818) Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Archbishop François de Bovet † Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. † (1952) Bishop Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. † (1974)

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