Abbot Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg

Titular Bishop of Cissita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1903		Born	Gent, Belgium
30 Oct 1927	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
6 Jan 1954	50.5	Appointed	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa
6 Jan 1954	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cissita
1 May 1954	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cissita
29 Nov 1974	71.4	Resigned	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa
20 Apr 1976	72.8	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †
Bishop Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Abbot Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † (1954)
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano † (1953)
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. †

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