Bishop Louis Van Dyck, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot]

Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jan 1862		Born	Loenhout, Belgium
1882²	19.9	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
30 May 1885	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
10 Aug 1915	53.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
10 Aug 1915	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius
23 Jan 1916	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius
4 Dec 1937	75.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 52.5 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. †
  Titular Bishop of Lagania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Ernest François Geurts, C.M. †
  Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura
- Bishop Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. †
  Titular Bishop of Zela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. † (1897)
Titular Bishop of Lagania
Bishop Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † (1890)
Titular Bishop of Eumenia
Bishop Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Bishop Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † (1875)
Titular Bishop of Adrasus
Bishop Luigi Moccagatta, O.F.M. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † (1932)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. † (1922)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 9, Page 33
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1916, Number 7