Bishop Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1913		Born	Uden
29 Sep 1940	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Augustine
13 Nov 1958	45.2	Appointed	Prefect of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Sep 1967	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jan 1968	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 May 1983	69.7	Resigned	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jan 2000	86.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 32.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. † (1968)
Bishop Léonce Albert Van Peteghem † (1964)
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu

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