Archbishop Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1920		Born	's-Gravenhage
20 Jul 1947	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
16 Apr 1962	41.4	Appointed	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
29 Jun 1962	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
17 Mar 1983	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
11 Nov 1994	73.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
3 Jun 1999	78.5	Retired	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
30 May 2007	86.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 44.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I. †
Bishop Paul Etoga †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. † (1962)
Archbishop Jean Zoa † (1961)
Grégoire-Pierre XV Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Archbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Archbishop Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Archbishop Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Antoine-Pierre IX Cardinal Hassun † (1842)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †
Bishop Jan Ozga

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