(Layman) Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Abercorn

Titular See: (Renounced the priesthood)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1913		Born	Breda, Netherlands
3 Jun 1939	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
12 Feb 1948	34.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
12 Feb 1948	34.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tullia
30 May 1948	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tullia
8 Mar 1951	37.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia
24 Jan 1958	44.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia
24 Jan 1958	44.8	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Tullia
4 Nov 1967	54.6	Laicized
4 Mar 2001	87.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Abercorn, Zambia

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 52.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

(Layman) Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. † (1948)
Archbishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † (1945)
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Archbishop Hendrik van de Wetering † (1895)
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Archbishop Pieter Mathijs Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijckerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki, S.J. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1948, Number 59
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Additions/Corrections (front)

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