Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Budjala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1907		Born	Kalmthout
16 Aug 1931	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
9 Feb 1943	35.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Feb 1943	35.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Boseta
29 Jun 1943	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Boseta
20 Dec 1944	37.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Nov 1959	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Nov 1964	57.5	Appointed	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jan 1974	66.7	Resigned	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 May 1976	69.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Egide de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †
Bishop Georges Six, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † (1943)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando
Bishop Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †
Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †
Bishop Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †
Bishop Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †
Bishop Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu

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