Bishop Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1898		Born	Sint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
1916	17.5	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
24 Sep 1922	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
14 Mar 1946	47.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
14 Mar 1946	47.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sufes
11 Apr 1946	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
30 May 1946	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
26 Aug 1980	82.2	Died	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ludovicus Morel, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † (1946)
Archbishop Ludovicus Morel, C.I.C.M. † (1938)
Bishop Leon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † (1932)
Bishop Louis Van Dyck, C.I.C.M. † (1916)
Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. † (1897)
Bishop Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † (1890)
Bishop Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † (1884)
Bishop Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † (1875)
Bishop Luigi Moccagatta, O.F.M. † (1845)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1946, Number 39

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