Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Parakou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1907		Born	Velsen, Netherlands
19 Dec 1931	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
30 Jul 1946	38.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo, Egypt
30 Jul 1946	38.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tentyris
29 Dec 1946	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tentyris
15 May 1952	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana
13 Feb 1962	54.1	Appointed	Prefect of Parakou, Benin
13 Feb 1962	54.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia
10 Feb 1964	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
29 Sep 1975	67.8	Resigned	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
13 May 1997	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

a priest for 65.4 years
a bishop for 50.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †
Bishop Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † (1946)
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. †
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah †

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