Bishop Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Mar 1910		Born	Achterveld
18 Aug 1935	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
8 Mar 1951	41.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng, Indonesia
8 Mar 1951	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigias
13 May 1951	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tigias
3 Jan 1961	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
10 Mar 1972	62.0	Resigned	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
11 Feb 1998	87.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 46.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †
Bishop Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. † (1951)
Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. † (1933)
Bishop Arnold Frans Diepen † (1915)
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:
Bishop Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †
Archbishop Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 44

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