Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Nov 1792		Born	Ophem
18 Feb 1815	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
24 Feb 1832	39.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Apr 1832	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
13 Sep 1838	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal
13 Sep 1838	45.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola
4 Dec 1867	75.1	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Consistory - September 1838: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1846: Unable to Participate

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 35.7 years
a cardinal for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop François-René Boussen †
Raffaele Cardinal Fornari †
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict †

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