Bishop Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicopoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1877		Born	Beesel
23 Sep 1899	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
21 May 1915	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
15 Aug 1915	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Aug 1946	69.3	Died	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. † (1915)
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ivan Romanoff †
Bishop Ivan Dimitrov Garufaloff, C. R. †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1947
c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939

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