Bishop Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Phocaea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1853		Born
25 May 1874	21.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
26 Dec 1876	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
28 Feb 1905	51.9	Appointed	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Mar 1906	53.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Phocaea
18 Apr 1906	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Phocaea
18 May 1915	62.1	Resigned	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16 Jan 1932	78.8	Died	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary for Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen
(VIAF: 88680544; WikiData: Q2606766)
Bishop Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen O.S.B. (born 12 Mar 1853, died 16 Jan 1932) Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro

Event Place
Birth Place Lophem-lez-Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Montecassino, Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy
Ordained Bishop Maredsous, Abbey, Denée, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Death Place Cap d’Antibes, France
Buried Place (Original) St. Andrew's, Abbey, Zevenkerken, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 25.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francisco do Rêgo Maia †
Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Archbishop Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francisco do Rêgo Maia † (1893)
Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lophem-lez-Bruges, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Montecassino, Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Maredsous, Abbey, Denée, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Death Place	Cap d’Antibes, France
Buried Place (Original)	St. Andrew's, Abbey, Zevenkerken, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 29
b: Biographia Benedictina, 18 Sep 2021

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