Archbishop Adriano Smets †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Iran

Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1867		Born	Dommelen, Netherlands
24 Sep 1892	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Dec 1921	54.3	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Iran
2 Aug 1922	54.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gangra
28 Oct 1922	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Gangra
1930	62.3	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Iran
31 Jul 1947	79.9	Died	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Iran

a priest for 54.9 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adriano Smets † (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)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

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