Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lulua

Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1885		Born	Hasselt
1 Sep 1912	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
15 Jul 1922	37.1	Appointed	Prefect of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Feb 1934	48.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
26 Feb 1934	48.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Jun 1934	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
Mar 1950	64.7	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Jan 1964	78.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 51.4 years
a bishop for 29.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. † (1934)
Archbishop 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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †

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